Re: Problems with Networkmanager 0.7

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 23:09 +0800, Ronald Wiplinger (Lists) wrote:
> Dan Williams wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 09:30 +0800, Ronald Wiplinger (Lists) wrote:
> >   
> >> Dan Williams wrote: 
> >>     
> >>> On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 07:18 +0800, Ronald Wiplinger (Lists) wrote:
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> I had to install 0.7 in order to get my E220 to work.  Works fine! I use
> >>>> Ubuntu 8.0.4 on my EeePC 1000 / 901
> >>>>
> >>>> However, I got some other problems with it.
> >>>>
> >>>> 1. Each time I connect to the network I have to key in the Shared key,
> >>>> although it is saved. I can go to Edit that connection and even show the
> >>>> key. What gone wrong with that? Why does it not take the key
> >>>> automatically? How to fix it?
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> It might be that the card isn't connecting within the timeout, thus NM
> >>> asks for a new key because it thinks your key is wrong.  Does it connect
> >>> the second time if you just hit "OK" without editing the key itself?
> >>> This could indicate a driver problem.  What driver is 8.04 using on your
> >>> machine?
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> There is no "OK", there is a Cancel or type in Key and Connect.
> >>     
> >
> > Ah, I mean connect.  Does it work if you just hit "Connect" again?  NM
> > only asks for keys if the driver fails to associate to the access point.
> >
> >   
> 
> Now I am getting totally frustrated!
> I "had" to install Networkmanager 0.7, because I also use an E220 to
> connect to the Internet.
> 
> This morning an "update" arrived via Ubuntu updates. First smile after
> rebooting was: GREAT it connects now automatically to the network again!
> But I was / am very frustrated, because I have now to disconnect in
> order to open an application.
> While I am connected ANY (did I mention ANY) application, including
> terminal, ... will just show "starting up ..." and die silently.

I believe Alexander fixed that issue today already in an additional
update.

Dan

> I have now to disconnect, open all applications I might need now and can
> then connect again (no password question, it knows my password ;-) ) and
> can continue to work. Not the way I like to work forever, .... hopefully
> somebody finds the bug soon and gives me the solution how to install it,
> because, if I am connected, I cannot open the update, and if I am not
> connected, I cannot download the update, ....
> 
> bye
> 
> Ronald
> 
> 
> 
> >> If I hit twice Cancel I get the icon of the Network manager in the top
> >> bar with the information box, that I am not connected.
> >> Left mouse button shows me my wireless connection as found, but not
> >> connected.
> >> Selecting it requires me to key in the key and connect.
> >>
> >> HOW can I avoid that?
> >> There seems to be a lost of "communication" between the network
> >> manager and my passwords, since Seahorse does know all my wireless
> >> keys.
> >>
> >> How can I see which "driver" my system is using? Which driver do you
> >> mean?
> >>     
> >
> > An '/sbin/lsmod' would show which modules are loaded from which we can
> > deduce what driver is used.  Otherwise, try '/usr/bin/nm-tool' which
> > shows what NetworkManager thinks.
> >
> >   
> >>>> As mentioned above I have an EeePC 1000 and 901. While 901 does not ask
> >>>> me for the key, 1000 does. The OS is on a SD card cloned to the other
> >>>> one. Somewhere these two versions drifted apart.
> >>>>
> >>>> 2. I have two users, and I cannot get Networkmanager to work at the
> >>>> second users account. I though it will be globally installed.
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> Each user stores their own networks.  Fast user switching probably
> >>> doesn't work right now, but if you log in as the other user (without
> >>> fast user switching) it should work.  I'd probably need logs
> >>> from /var/log/daemon.log to diagnose.
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> Cool!
> >>
> >> Serious, I do not get a Networkmanager icon there, so how can I start
> >> a connection?
> >>     
> >
> > Fast user switching needs some work still.
> >
> >   
> >>>> 3. Most annoying is that, if for any reason I lose the wireless
> >>>> connection, the icon changes to no connection. The right click on the
> >>>> icon shows me ticked Enable Network. It cannot be unticked. There is no
> >>>> Enable Wireless. And a ping to a remote site works with and without
> >>>> plugged in Ethernet cable, so that I cannot say which connection it
> >>>> actually is using, since the left click on the icon gives me only the
> >>>> choice to use VPN, which I have not setup at all.
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> Can you explain this a bit more?  Are you plugged into both wired and
> >>> wireless at the same time?  If "Enable Wireless" doesn't exist, yet you
> >>> see the wireless device in the menu when you left-click, that isn't
> >>> something that upstream NetworkManager does.  You might want to file a
> >>> bug in Launchpad on that particular one.
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> Exactly!
> >>
> >> bye
> >>
> >> Ronald
> >>
> >>
> >>     
> >>> Dan
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> 4. I got already several updates automatically via Ubuntu updates, but
> >>>> it remains always 0.7 and no apparently changes.
> >>>>
> >>>> bye
> >>>>
> >>>> R.
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>>         
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >
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