Re: Funny behavior for NM and the KDE plasmoid

[Jirka Klimes <jklimes redhat com>]

On Wednesday 25 of April 2012 20:38:49 Larry Finger wrote:
> I am running openSUSE 12.1 KDE using Rev 0.9.1.90-4.6.1-x86_64 ov
> NetworkManager, and version 0.9.1+0.9.0-1.6.1-x86_64 of the
> plasmoid-networkmanagement applet. For the most part, any problems that I
> see are the fault of the underlying wireless drivers; however, I do see one
> problem.
> 
> In general, the applet shows whatever APs that show up in a
> manually-triggered scan. There is, however, one exception. If I have the
> "Connect Automatically" box checked for one of the APs, that AP rarely
> shows in the possible connections. The one major exception is when the
> driver is unloaded, and then reloaded, when the connection is started
> nearly instantly. I have not tested the nm-applet to see if it shows the
> same behavior.
> 
> Are there any steps that I can take to help show where the problem happens?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Larry

I'm not complely sure what is your complaint about, whether KDE-nm GUI or NM 
core behaviour.

Nonetheless, if you run 'nmcli dev wifi list' you will see what APs NM knows 
about and that should also be available in GUIs.
KDE-nm, AFAIK, displays AP and configured connections mixed.
"Connect Automatically" has no influence on connection visibility. It only 
instructs NM that the connection can be auto-connected.

Jirka