Jonathan, Thanks for your feedback and clarification, please post the exact BugID so that other people with the same problem could get help quickly.
- Michael Jonathan Wilner ??: > Fixed it. Here's how: > > This reminded me of a bug Moinak Ghosh found in Belenix w/KDE - that > zenity failing made nwam fail and then DHCP. I saw the zenity error in > /var/adm/messages & the fact that my WLAN was listed but could not > connect. > > He indicated the popup failure result was in > http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/onnv/onnv-gate/usr/src/cmd/cmd-inet/lib/nwamd/util.c#253 > > <http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/onnv/onnv-gate/usr/src/cmd/cmd-inet/lib/nwamd/util.c#253> > > The root cause turned out to be with zenity & nwam. I enabled debug > for nwamd & saw that zenity could not pop up the 802.11 network > selection window due to an xauth issue. > > I did xhost +, restarted nwam, the window popped up, I selected my WPA > network, entered the key & got an IP address assigned. > > This made me go look at the NWAM list - where I saw the new NWAM + > GUI. I installed the .10 package & everything is working perfectly. > > > Michael Li wrote: >> I have a Dell D830(4G mem) with native Intel 4965(8086,4229), my home >> AP is wep enabled, under snv_b97, haven't met the issue you described >> with nwam. >> >> Krusty Jonez ??: >>> Any reason with the 4965 I can't get a DHCP address when connected >>> to APs with any encryption? I can associate fine with either nwam or >>> regular network/physical to WEP or WPA APs , but cannot get assigned >>> any dhcp information. Configuring the ip info by hand gets me online. >> If static IP can make you online, it should not be iwk driver issue. >>> >>> It can associate and get DHCP info fine from open APs. >>> >>> I am using a 4965 in a Thinkpad T61 with 4gb ram. >>> >>> This has happened since at least Nevada b93. I am now on Nevada b96 >>> bfu'ed to 9/01 current. >> Do you mean you have ever get Intel 4965 work OK with earlier Nevada >> build? Which one. >> >> You can try below commands: >> 1. #svcadm disable physical:default >> 2. #svcadm enable nwam >> (with a popup, you can choose your AP, input wep key, if still fail >> to get dhcp IP, then do next ) >> 3. #svcadm restart nwam >> (when fail again, please post the /var/adm/messages file and output >> of "ifconfig -a") >> >> - Michael >> >>> >>> >>> ----Original Message----- >>> From: Fu, Zhonghui <zhonghui.fu at intel.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 11:07 PM >>> To: laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> Subject: [laptop-discuss] Mercurial gate of Intel 4965 WiFi driver >>> is accessible to anonymous users now. >>> >>> >>> All, >>> At present, mercurial gate of Intel 4965 WiFi driver(iwkph1.5) is >>> opened to anonymous users. For more information how to download >>> source code and contribute code for this driver, please refer to >>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/sierra/. At ths same time, the >>> package of this driver may be downloaded from this website as well. >>> In this version(iwkph1.5), Calibration and IBSS(adhoc mode) features >>> were added. Calibration provide a mechanism by which WiFi chipset >>> may adjust it's TX power according current chipset temperatrue and >>> make sure a good communication quality all the time. Furthermore, >>> Calibration may adjust WiFi chipset's receiving sensitivity and make >>> sure not receive overmuch noise and not lose useful wireless signal. >>> Using IBSS mode, several wireless stations may setup a wireless >>> network without central AP. >>> Thanks, >>> Zhonghui >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> laptop-discuss mailing list >>> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >
