Wireless problem in Fedora13

[Thomas Taylor]

On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:24:31 -0700
Thomas Taylor <linxt at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi all;
> 
> Recently installed Fedora13 and am working through problems.  I've managed to
> solve most by lots of reading documentation and googling but am being
> frustated with wireless not working in KDE.  It's working fine in Gnome but I
> prefer KDE.
> 
> I've tried both using NetworkManager and traditional (ifup) methods but can't
> get associated with my wireless router except in Gnome.  The router (Linksys
> WRT54G) is set to not broadcast ESSID.  I can see it with iwlist wlan0 scan
> but only Gnome will associate with it.
> 
> It's my understanding that both Gnome and KDE use NetworkManager but with
> different GUIs.  If that is so, why won't both associate?
> 
> Any comments or suggestions gladly accepted.
> 
> Thanks, Tom
> 

Additional information as appropriate:

lspci:

08:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100
14:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. Device 10f7 (rev 01)
14:00.1 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Device 8120 (rev 01)
14:00.2 Mass storage controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Device 8130 (rev 01)
20:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI
Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)


lsmod:

nf_nat                 19059  2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
stp                     1887  1 bridge
llc                     4557  2 bridge,stp
ip6t_REJECT             4055  6 
nf_conntrack_ipv6      17513  14 
ip6table_filter         2743  1 
ip6_tables             16558  1 ip6table_filter
ipv6                  267065  32 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
iwlcore               220675  1 iwlagn
mii                     4142  1 r8169
mac80211              196945  2 iwlagn,iwlcore
cfg80211              117099  3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211

ifup wlan0

Error org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSettings.InternalError: unable to get the
connection D-Bus path Error
org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSettings.InternalError: unable to get the
connection D-Bus path Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) : SET
failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. Determining IP information for
wlan0... failed; no link present.  Check cable?

dmesg | grep iwlagn:

iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux,
2.6.33.3-85.fc13.x86_64-kds iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation
iwlagn 0000:08:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
iwlagn 0000:08:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
iwlagn 0000:08:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100AGN REV=0x54
iwlagn 0000:08:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
  alloc irq_desc for 33 on node -1
  alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
iwlagn 0000:08:00.0: irq 33 for MSI/MSI-X
iwlagn 0000:08:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode
iwlagn 0000:08:00.0: loaded firmware version 8.24.2.12

The error message from ifup leads me to believe the problem is with a missing
D-Bus service.  When I go to System > Admin > Services (in Gnome), D-Bus is not
listed and an rpm -q for it comes up blank.  Is this something KDE should have
installed during the Fedora installation?  If so, how do I get it?

JD, adding the "-dd" didn't help since the network never gets that far in KDE.

Tim, unfortunately I am unable to get to my router which is located in the
basement and I'm handicapped and can't get down the stairs.  It was setup many
years ago with admin access restricted to wired connection which I don't have
up here.  Hmmm, maybe I need a 100ft patch cord!

Tom