Hi, one imprtant thing to do is to set the permissions to the files in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ correctly.
If they are not set to 600 they are ignored. I did a short HowTo here: http://trac.linexa.de/wiki/development/BootCD-booting#Createastaticnetworkmanagerfileforeth0 Regards, Alex On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:39:57 -0300 Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle <leonar...@gnome.org> wrote: > Em Dom, 2011-03-20 às 10:05 +0100, Ma Begaj escreveu: > > > 2011/3/20 Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle <leonar...@gnome.org> > > > > Hello, list! > > > > I wasn't able to use nmcli to create a new wifi connection. > > The access point is listed by "nmcli dev wifi", but if I try > > to connect to it with "nmcli con up myssid" it says the > > connection is unknown. Indeed, it is not listed > > in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ . The only > > connection I was able to use was "Auto eth0", which was > > automatically created for me. > > > > Is nmcli able to create a new wifi connection? How do I make > > it create it? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > you forgot "id" in your command ... > > > > nmcli con up id myssid > > > > but you have to use connection name from network manager and not essid > > of your ap. > > > > > Thank you. When I forgot to type on the mail, but I did use "id" on my > system, no luck. > > How to I get the connection name (or UUID) from NM if the wireless > networks don't show up in "nmcli con list"? > > Thanks for your attention, _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list