Re: nm-applet suddenly stopped connecting to some networks

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 11:31 -0700, Joshua Spodek wrote:
> The context
> 
> I am running nm-applet 0.6.5 on Ubuntu 7.10 on a Lenovo X61. It's
> worked great for a few months. Suddenly it partly stopped networking
> with my home wireless.

Do you know what kind of wireless card you have in your laptop?  I'm
guessing its an Intel PRO/Wireless 3945.  What's the output of the
command "/sbin/lsmod" when you enter that into a terminal and hit
return?

> When I first start nm-applet it shows the two-computer icon with an x
> on it in the panel. After about one second the x goes away, but I
> don't have a connection.
> 
> The problem
> 
> If I left-click the two-computer icon, the list of networks shows up
> with signal strength and the two-computer icon switches to the bars
> with all the bars empty and I don't connect.

Could you attach some logs from /var/log/daemon.log ?  That will tell us
what's going on when you try to connect.

Dan

> If I click my network, nothing happens except that the next time I
> left click the icon, the radiobutton for my network is selected. What
> used to happen was the nm-applet icon would switch to the
> trying-to-connect icon (two dots with moving arrows between them).
> 
> Possibly related behavior
> 
> If I go to the library across the street (where I am posting now), it
> connects, but it still never shows the trying-to-connect icon. The
> bars just fill up.
> 
> If I connect on ethernet, it switches and works automatically.
> 
> I don't know what caused the problem. It's possible using the library
> connection caused a problem. On this network Evolution can't send
> emails (but can receive them) and it occasionally blocks a site.
> 
> Can anyone help? Should I provide more information?
> 
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