Re: Second message, about not being able to activate 'wlan1'

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 08:27 -0400, Rodney Morris wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:48 PM, derek starr<dereklinux gmail com> wrote:
> [snip]
> 
> > Your email address showed up on my gmail.com webpage.  I hope you do not
> > mind me using that email address.
> 
> I do not mind you e-mailing me directly, but please also include the
> networkmanager-list in any response so that others may help out.
> Also, please do not change the subject of the message.  Changing the
> subject breaks threading on certain e-mail clients.
> 
> >
> > I was having problems activating my 'wlan1' wireless card.  You said the
> > following in your last email to me:
> >
> > "What is the manufacturer and model of your wireless networking card?
> > When you try to activate 'wlan1', what does NetworkManager report in
> > /var/log/messages?"
> >
> > For my wireless card on my DELL Inspiron E1505, I went to 'System ->
> > Administration -> Add/Remove Software' and hopefully downloaded
> > 'Firmware for Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG'
> 
> From your response, I gather that you have an Intel 3945 wireless card, correct?
> 
> > This was my last message on the '/var/log/messages'.
> > 'Jul 26 12:49:07 localhost yum: Installed:
> > iwl3945-firmware-15.32.2.9-1.fc11.noarch'
> >
> > I used the following command after I tried to activate 'wlan1' with the
> > NetworkManager a few minutes ago:
> > tail /var/log/messages
> > ( these were the last two entries )
> > Aug 12 13:30:49 localhost system-config-network[2603]: rm
> > //etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles//default/resolv.conf
> > Aug 12 13:30:49 localhost system-config-network[2603]: ln //etc/resolv.conf
> > //etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles//default/resolv.conf
> >
> > 'wlan1' did not get activated at all, according to the NetworkManager error
> > message box, that popped up when I tried to use NetworkManager to activate
> > 'wlan1' a few minutes ago.
> 
> To me, your entries from /var/log/messages are not particularly
> insightful.  After you try to activate 'wlan1', what does `grep
> NetworkManager messages' return?  (When posting the results to the
> list, please remove any sensitive information, i.e. MAC addresses, ip
> addresses, etc., by replacing such information with 'X's.)
> Additionally, after you attempt to activate 'wlan1', what does `dmesg
> | grep iwl3945' and `dmesg | grep wlan1` produce?  Finally, how are
> you 'activating wlan1', i.e. what steps or actions are you taking to
> 'activate wlan1'?
> 
> Again, feel free to e-mail me directly, but always include the
> networkmanager-list.  Many people more knowledgeable about the inner
> workings of NetworkManager than I subscribe to that list.

Looks like he's using system-config-network, which people sometimes
confuse with NetworkManager.  I don't really blame them...  but yeah,
anything to do wtih system-config-network isn't a topic from this list
but better filed in Red Hat bugzilla.

Dan