Re: trouble connecting to wpa-psk network

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 18:19 +0200, Roberto Scelzo wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 09:58 -0600, Brian Carey wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am trying again to use NetworkManager, but am having trouble getting 
> > it to connect. I have a WPA-PSK network, and can connect manually using 
> > wpa_supplicant and a simple dhcpd request. NetworkManager fails to 
> > connect, however. It prompts me for a passphrase (why? it is in my 
> > wpa_supplicant.conf) and then just churns and fails. Any ideas for me?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Brian
> 
> As far as I know, NM does not take care of your wpa_supplicant.conf
> since it stores networks information into the gnome-keyring, so
> I think you should write down your passphrase when the passphrase-dialog
> appears (first time only) and it should connect.

Right.  The config isn't pulled from wpa_supplicant.conf, partially
because it's fundamentally user-specific config, not system config.
Pushing the config info to wpa_supplicant on the fly is much more
flexible.

Dan

> regards
> Roberto
>