On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 08:27 -0400, Rodney Morris wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:48 PM, derek starr<derekli...@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 _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list