Problem with NetworkManager (self-inflicted)

[Dick Roark]

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On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Dick Roark <droark.sg at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Harish Pillay <harish.pillay at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> > It all started with Puppy Linux 5.2.  I setup a LiveCD and jumped in to
>> get
>> > familiar with it.  I had some trouble with connectivity.  I eventually
>> got
>> > around to trying my linksys Wireless-G dongle.  This showed some promise
>> > although I was unable to find the correct Puppy driver for the dongle
>> and
>> > eventually removed the Wireless-G and shelved that project.   Later on,
>> I
>> > tried to log on with Fedora and found that NetworkManager was now
>> unusable.
>> > Okay, after fiddling around with it for a while, I did a complete
>> reinstall
>> > of Fedora (including reformatting the disk) and low-and-behold
>> > NetworkManager still doesn't work. I would have thought the Fedora
>> reinstall
>> > would have installed the correct driver but apparently it didn't.  I am
>> able
>> > to send this because I have plugged the Wireless-G back in. (aargh!)
>> Has
>> > anyone ever seen this sort of thing?
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>> Actually, the easier way is to do the following:
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>> yum reinstall NetworkManager*
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>> and it will replace the existing NetworkManager.
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>> I actually don't understand the issue you are facing.  Your machine has
>> some OS installed in the harddisk or are you working entirely off of a
>> liveCD?
>>
>> Harish
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> Actually, I think it's a hardware problem with the Dlink PCI wireless
> card.  Reinstalling NetworkManager was the first thing I tried. I've done
> two cold reinstalls with the same results.  The Puppy Linux is a live CD. By
> now, there are no remaining traces on the Puppy Linux. I'm going to remove
> the Dlink card and have a look at it.  Once in a blue moon, even reseating a
> card makes a difference.  I don't believe it's a Fedora problem because on
> both the reinstalls the Wireless-G USB dongle works just fine.  To me, it's
> just gotta be a hardware problem.  I expect to fix it today.  Will keep you
> updated.
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The problem *did turn out to be the wireless PCI card*.  Took it out,
cleaned it, put some Pro-Gold on the contacts, reinstalled it and we're off
to the races.
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