Re: FW: Re: wpa_supplicant cli works, but NM insists "wireless is disabled"



On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 18:44 -0400, Andrew wrote:
> >>On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 19:21 -0400, Andrew wrote:
> >>> Hello, 
> >>> 
> >>> I have appealed to the Fedora Forum, but no one seems to have a clue 
> >there.
> >>> 
> >>> Here is the thread:
> >>> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=199562
> >>> 
> >>> (A quick synopsis of the thread:
> >>> 
> >>> I've activated/deactivated everything i could think of, related to 
> >>NetworkManager; yet, everything wireless is grayed out in the applet.
> >>> 
> >>> But wpa_supplicant (cli) works! 
> >>> 
> >>> Additional info (beyond above thread):
> >>> 
> >>> I compiled the latest NetworkManager svn; still same grayed out behavior.
> >>> 
> >>> )
> >>> 
> >>> I tried looking in the source and tracing the calls to and from  
> >>nm_client_wireless_get_enabled (if that's even a function) but, ignorant of 
> >C, 
> >>didn't get far.
> >>> 
> >>> Please help!
> >>
> >>Does NM think wireless is disabled because a HAL killswitch is reporting
> >
> >Don't know enough about HAL to answer the above.  (Where would i look?)
> >
> >>that it's off?  Could you post some logs from /var/log/messages from
> >>when NM starts up?  
> >
> >please see attachment.  (i've X'ed out some addresses (xxxx:xxxx:....)
> 
> 
> ooops.  The list strips attachment.  Here is a web link to the same /var/log/messages chunk:
> 
>      http://www.flight.us/bugs/var_messages_nm_chunk.txt

What's the output of:

dellWirelessCtl

?

HAL found a killswitch and NM is honoring the setting of that killswitch
apparently.

Dan

> 
> 
> >NM keeps saying "wlan1: link is not ready"
> >
> >Yet, I can do "iwconfig" and "iwlist" with NO problem whatsoever, with good 
> >results.  Plus, as i said earlier (this seems VERY significant), i can connect 
> >with wpa_supplicant no prob (all the while NM is saying "wireless is 
> >disabled"!)
> >
> >>It could also be that you've disabled the device in
> >>system-config-network, in which case the menu will say the device is
> >>"unmanaged".
> >
> >I have played with system-config-network every which way, before. "wlan1" (and 
> >"wlan0") are both assigned to NM, ("Controlled by NM" is checked). (wlan0 
> >versus wlan1 is created depending on which atheros card i insert -- i have two 
> >at my disposal)
> >
> >
> >>
> >>dan
> >>
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