On Sun, 2009-05-31 at 09:21 -0700, Daniel Fetchinson wrote: > >> I'm trying to debug a 100% reproducable issue but don't really know > >> where to look for clues. > >> > >> I have a Sony VAIO VGN-FZ240E, running 64bit Fedora 8. > >> > >> It happens with many wifi networks that when I boot everything goes > >> fine, I can connect to the wifi network with nm-applet but as soon as > >> I lose the connection I will never be able reconnect. The networks in > >> question use pre-shared keys. If I reboot, everything will be fine > >> again, I can connect using the password, but as soon as I lose > >> connection the only way I can reconnect is by reboot. > >> > >> Instead of rebooting I tried manually restarting all network related > >> services but that doesn't help. These are the services I restart in > >> this order from /etc/rc3.d that I guess are relevant: > >> > >> service ip6tables restart > >> service iptables restart > >> service network restart > > NetworkManager and network are two different competitive systems to > > support networking. I don't say it would work but you should restart > > NetworkManager not network. > > Sure. But in /etc/rc3.d the order of the network related services is this: > > ip6tables > iptables > network > NetworkManager > NetworkManagerDispatcher Not on my machine. NetworkManager and network are not designed to run at the same time. It is not clear what NM would do in run level 3 without X. You certainly don't have a nm-applet running at rl 3 in any meaningful fashion. > > So I've tried stopping all 5 services and starting them in the above > order, because they get started in the above order while booting. But > already the third service, 'network', fails and wlan doesn't come up. > If I nevertheless restart NetworkManager and NetworkManagerDispatcher > I can see the wireless network in question in nm-applet but can not > connect. I enter the pre-shared key password but it wouldn't connect, > it just gives back the password window. Look you talk about rc3.d but if you are using nm-applet you can't be at run level 3 so what is in rc3.d is irrelevant. We are having a giant miscommunication going on . What rl are you actually running at? > > If I reboot though the above 5 services are started in the above order > and everything works, wlan comes up and nm-applet can connect using > the same pre-shared key password. > > So it seems to me that I need to do some additional steps manually to > completely reproduce what is happening at boot time. It just seems > impossible to me that I can not reproduce everything what is happening > at boot time, without actually rebooting but doing the same things > manually as root. > > Any ideas where should I be looking for clues? > > Thanks a lot, > Daniel > -- ======================================================================= Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment. -- Robert Benchley ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akons...@sbcglobal.net
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