Re: Wireless networking / VPN not working

[Christian Güdel <me blaue0 net>]

On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 22:29 +0100, Christian G�rote:
> Hello,
> 
> first of all, Richard, sorry for replying personally, but this
> mailinglist is somehow strange when it comes to replying ;)
> 
> I installed newest NetworkManager today on my Ubuntu Breezy laptop from
> source. I compiled libnl and NetworkManager and the openvpn support and
> the wireless-tools v28.
> 
> The most important part which doesn't work properly now is my wireless
> connection. I don't think the problem are the wireless tools because
> connecting manually does work. NetworkManager just sits there and tells
> me that it wants to have a key. I launched it with the --no-daemon
> option and it says the following when I connect to my WEP network:
> 
> NetworkManager: <information>   FORCE: device
> '/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1', network 'blaue0'
> NetworkManager: <information>   Deactivating device eth1.
> NetworkManager: <debug info>    [1132176486.091273]  (): Forcing AP
> 'blaue0'
> NetworkManager: <information>   Device eth1 activation scheduled...
> NetworkManager: <information>   Deactivating device eth0.
> NetworkManager: rewrite_resolv_conf: assertion `config != NULL' failed
> NetworkManager: <WARNING>         (): Could not commit DNS changes.
> Error: '(none)'
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1) started...
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1) Stage 1 (Device
> Prepare) scheduled...
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1) Stage 1 (Device
> Prepare) started...
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1) Stage 2 (Device
> Configure) scheduled...
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1) Stage 1 (Device
> Prepare) complete.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1) Stage 2 (Device
> Configure) starting...
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1/wireless) Stage 2
> (Device Configure) will connect to access point 'blaue0'.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1/wireless): access point
> 'blaue0' is encrypted, but NO valid key exists.  New key needed.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1) New wireless user key
> requested for network 'blaue0'.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1) Stage 2 (Device
> Configure) complete.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1) New wireless user key
> for network 'blaue0' received.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1) Stage 1 (Device
> Prepare) scheduled...
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1) Stage 1 (Device
> Prepare) started...
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1) Stage 2 (Device
> Configure) scheduled...
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1) Stage 1 (Device
> Prepare) complete.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1) Stage 2 (Device
> Configure) starting...
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1/wireless) Stage 2
> (Device Configure) will connect to access point 'blaue0'.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1/wireless): access point
> 'blaue0' is encrypted, and a key exists.  No new key needed.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1/wireless): using essid
> 'blaue0', with Open System authentication.
> NetworkManager: <debug info>    [1132176506.056451]  (): Activation
> (eth1/wireless): no hardware link to 'blaue0' in Open System mode,
> trying Shared Key.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1/wireless): using essid
> 'blaue0', with Shared Key authentication.
> NetworkManager: <debug info>    [1132176524.633410]  (): Activation
> (eth1/wireless): no hardware link to 'blaue0' in Shared Key mode, need
> correct key?
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1) New wireless user key
> requested for network 'blaue0'.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1) Stage 2 (Device
> Configure) complete.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1) New wireless user key
> for network 'blaue0' received.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Deactivating device eth1.
> NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (eth1): cancelling...
> 
> It prompts for a key and I cancel it with the ESC key. This didn't
> happen with the old version (0.4.x).
> 
> Any ideas?

I forgot that the OpenVPN support isn't working either. It says "No
suitable software was found on your system" but openvpn is installed?!
-- 
Christian G�me blaue0 net>