-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 14/11/12 17:42, Bo Lan wrote: > On Wed, 2012-11-14 at 17:14 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: >> I've been seeing this message every few minutes for the past >> week or so (Cauldron on my netbook, BCM4313). It request a >> password, but no indication of what password. I've tried the >> network password, the root password and the user password. All I >> ever get is a minute's delay, then the same message and password >> request. What went wrong and how do I put it right? >> >> I have a vague recollection of seeing a message that the >> Broadcom wifi driver is already in the kernel - is this >> connected? >> >> Anne > > If you said "system policy", it should be your root password. But > you said that root doesn't work. > > So I guess, do you mean the "Keyring"? If it requests a keyring, > that means that you used to set a keyring to remember many > passwords in your system. If you forget it, you can try to totally > delete your account, and create a new account. >
Maybe I was wrong, and the root password is being accepted, because then I get the request for the network password. Unfortunately that password fails every time. I've checked the NetworkManager config utility and the password is there and correct, but it does not connect. Anne -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlCkAn8ACgkQj93fyh4cnBcypQCbBBelRkeKX6YN8035fOlZ3fO5 3QIAn1gl9orBIaLOoGiHrA9ZTtPd5iKo =rIxo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
