I'm running NetworkManager 0.9.0-1.fc15 under Fedora-15 with kernel 2.6.40-4.fc5.i686.PAE on a ThinkPad T63.
When I hover over the NM icon in the panel I am told "Disconnected Wireless disabled in software". I read in /var/log/messages: ------------------------------- Sep 16 23:32:32 blanche NetworkManager[730]: <info> (wlan0): driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x01). Sep 16 23:32:32 blanche NetworkManager[730]: <info> (wlan0): new 802.11 WiFi device (driver: 'iwl3945' ifindex: 4) Sep 16 23:32:32 blanche NetworkManager[730]: <info> (wlan0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 Sep 16 23:32:32 blanche NetworkManager[730]: <info> (wlan0): now managed Sep 16 23:32:32 blanche NetworkManager[730]: <info> (wlan0): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2] Sep 16 23:32:32 blanche NetworkManager[730]: <info> (wlan0): bringing up device. Sep 16 23:32:32 blanche NetworkManager[730]: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason: 2). ------------------------------- The network card is Intel/PRO 3945ABG /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 reads --------------------------------- ESSID="linksys" TYPE=Wireless BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes HWADDR=00:1B:77:04:00:12 NM_CONTROLLED=yes IPV6INIT=no MODE=Managed RATE=Auto #UUID=113f1f4e-535e-c25b-8849-2c6f770a6501 SECURITYMODE=open ------------------------------- 1. What exactly does "disabled in software" mean? (I realise the message may not be output by NM.) 2. What does "unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed')" mean? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list