WiFi icon on upper right is question mark

Steven Stern subscribed-lists at sterndata.com
Tue Dec 30 17:36:39 UTC 2014


On 12/30/2014 11:31 AM, Temlakos wrote:
> On 12/30/2014 12:27 PM, Steven Stern wrote:
>> The wifi is working, but it's switch to a question mark icon:  See
>> http://imgur.com/m1G7n9o
>>
>> F21
>>
> 
> It sounds as though it is trying to find a hotspot to connect to, and
> can't.
> 
> It can't because you still have to specify not just the ESSID but also
> the password or passphrase. See that padlock icon? That's what that means.
> 
> Does your desktop have a particular way to manage such passwords? KDE
> has KWallet for that purpose, so that means you have to set one up. I
> don't know what GNOME does about that.
> 
> Temlakos

As I noted, I am connected to the correct, default network, and booted
up that way. I just restarted network manager and now get the
traditional wifi icon.

-- 
-- Steve


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