Re: What exactly are the aims of NM?

[Matthew Saltzman <mjs ces clemson edu>]

On Tue, 4 Apr 2006, Timothy Murphy wrote:

> On Friday 31 March 2006 14:07, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> > On Thursday 30 March 2006 18:34, Darren Albers wrote:
> > > Can you run NetworkManager --no-daemon and post the output here?   The
> > > Orinco card should work so if it doesn't someone may want to take a
> > > look at it.
> >
> > --------------------------------------
> > [tim elizabeth ~]$ sudo NetworkManager --no-daemon
> > NetworkManager: <information>   starting...
> > NetworkManager: <information>   eth0: Device is fully-supported using
> > driver 'orinoco_cs'.
> > NetworkManager: <information>   nm_device_init(): waiting for device's
> > worker thread to start
> > NetworkManager: <WARNING>        nm_device_802_11_wireless_scan (): could
> > not trigger wireless scan on device eth0: Input/output error
> > NetworkManager: <information>   nm_device_init(): device's worker thread
> > started, continuing.
> > NetworkManager: <information>   Now managing wireless (802.11) device
> > 'eth0'. NetworkManager: <information>   Deactivating device eth0.
> > [Application hung at this point, until given ^C]
> > NetworkManager: <WARNING>        nm_signal_handler (): Caught signal 2,
> > shutting down normally.
> > NetworkManager: <information>   Caught terminiation signal
> > NetworkManager: <debug info>    [1143810028.454111] nm_print_open_socks ():
> > Open Sockets List:
> > NetworkManager: <debug info>    [1143810028.454268] nm_print_open_socks ():
> > Open Sockets List Done.
> > NetworkManager: <information>   Deactivating device eth0.
> > --------------------------------------
>
> What was the conclusion?
> Will my card ever work with NM?

The Orinoco card on my fully updated FC5 Latitude C640 connected today for 
the first time.

Make sure you are fully updated and give it a shot.

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		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
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