Problem with NM 1.0.12 with some Realtek drivers

2016-04-15 Thread Larry Finger
A number of users are reporting that systems that use NM 1.0.12 are unable to connect to USB devices running the Realtek out-of-kernel drivers. It appears that https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?h=1.0.12=a3c0166a2064c41408d1e08defee3a7e4a0ce3f7 is the commit

Re: WiFi interface disappeared

2015-09-14 Thread Larry Finger
On 09/14/2015 06:12 PM, Jim wrote: Dan On FC21, the dmesg | grep rtl returns nothing. In contrast, I booted Ubuntu and ran the same commands, which clearly show an 8192 (see below). Now how do I restore that device? Thanks, Jim (From Ubuntu) 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd

Re: network management settings fails for opensuse 13.1

2013-12-09 Thread Larry Finger
On 12/09/2013 11:12 AM, Dan Williams wrote: On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 16:27 +0100, Nathan Manzi wrote: I am new user of opensuse and i need a help on how to set up my wifi. I have delete my windows operating systemand then i have installed opensuse 13.1 on it. Installation went well but when it

Re: networkmanager can not enable wireless scanning

2013-09-27 Thread Larry Finger
On 09/27/2013 02:31 AM, LovelyLich wrote: Hi Larry, From your information , and I have googled this bug report:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/938630, and I have tried `rmmod acer-wmi`, the nm's enable wireless button now is not unchecked again( great !), but nm still

Re: networkmanager can not enable wireless scanning

2013-09-26 Thread Larry Finger
On 09/26/2013 09:38 PM, LovelyLich wrote: 2013/9/27 Dan Williams d...@redhat.com: On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 15:09 +0800, LovelyLich wrote: Thanks Larry for your help. iwconfig shows a wireless device. here is my output : What is the rfkill list output if, as root, you run rfkill unblock wifi?

Re: networkmanager can not enable wireless scanning

2013-09-25 Thread Larry Finger
On 09/25/2013 09:28 PM, LovelyLich wrote: Hi list, When I click 'enable wireless', nm will automaticly uncheck the button before 'enable wireless'. Even if I try to boot with ubuntu 13.04 livecd , it still cannot enable wireless. here is my laptop info from fedora: lspci -v 03:00.0 Network

Re: how to export wpa_supplicant.conf from networkmanager

2013-06-20 Thread Larry Finger
On 06/20/2013 09:03 AM, Pavel Simerda wrote: - Original Message - From: Wayne broc...@gmail.com To: networkmanager-list@gnome.org Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 11:26:42 AM Subject: how to export wpa_supplicant.conf from networkmanager Hi! All, Sorry to disturb. I have a wili in office,

Re: Multiple WLAN Routers with same SSID

2012-09-21 Thread Larry Finger
On 09/21/2012 12:14 PM, Marius Kotsbak wrote: On Sep 20, 2012 11:38 PM, Petric Frank pfr...@gmx.de mailto:pfr...@gmx.de wrote: In fact (here in Germany) german telecom delivered WLAN-routers which all have preset the same (E)SSID. Shall i go to every household (even if i can locate them)

Re: Ad hoc mode via Dbus

2012-09-18 Thread Larry Finger
On 09/18/2012 03:58 AM, ppulib...@libero.it wrote: The GUI is not the problem ... I know it must work. The problem is that my application must do this automatically without any GUI So if you can find out how the GUI does it... I could do the same ... codewise Set verbose logging on the DBus

Re: WLAN

2012-05-31 Thread Larry Finger
On 05/31/2012 05:31 AM, Daniel Ackwonu wrote: Thank you for answering! The Output of lspci -nn is: daniel@linzuntu:~$ lspci -nn 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device [1022:1705] 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:9647] 00:01.1

Re: WLAN

2012-05-30 Thread Larry Finger
On 05/29/2012 04:18 AM, Daniel Ackwonu wrote: Hello! My name is Daniel and I am using Ubuntu on a new HP notebook. I have got the problem that my Realtek Wlan card(RTL8111) is not recognized by my operating system. I have tried a few things but it is still not working. If one of you could help

Funny behavior for NM and the KDE plasmoid

2012-04-25 Thread Larry Finger
I am running openSUSE 12.1 KDE using Rev 0.9.1.90-4.6.1-x86_64 ov NetworkManager, and version 0.9.1+0.9.0-1.6.1-x86_64 of the plasmoid-networkmanagement applet. For the most part, any problems that I see are the fault of the underlying wireless drivers; however, I do see one problem. In

Re: Fedora16 - Brain dead wireless network manager

2012-01-17 Thread Larry Finger
On 01/17/2012 08:29 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 01/17/2012 08:38 AM, Dan Winship wrote: On 01/17/2012 08:14 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Oh, this is on a Lenovo x120e where I see the following in the log messages: Jan 16 22:16:42 lx120e kernel: [81433.007709] rtl8192c_common: Loading

Re: Please add SAE support for WiFi

2011-12-16 Thread Larry Finger
On 12/16/2011 11:43 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I sent this message also to the Fedora test list. That is the closest list I am on to the developers. I am right now in the need of a new AP, so I am searching for one that I can afford that will be able to get SAE support. You should send your

Re: Please add SAE support for WiFi

2011-12-16 Thread Larry Finger
On 12/16/2011 12:29 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 12/16/2011 01:06 PM, Larry Finger wrote: On 12/16/2011 11:43 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I sent this message also to the Fedora test list. That is the closest list I am on to the developers. I am right now in the need of a new AP, so I am

Re: Getting device 0fe6:9700 Kontron to work with NM

2011-12-02 Thread Larry Finger
On 12/02/2011 12:51 PM, Dan Williams wrote: On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 13:27 +0200, Perazim wrote: Update: Turns out that this device was repacked by manufacturer without documenting NIC chip change. The correct driver is qf9700 which is not in the standard kernel and I found the source for on the

Re: NM vs broadcom on planet Ubuntu 10.10

2011-09-01 Thread Larry Finger
On 09/01/2011 12:51 PM, Mauricio Tavares wrote: I have here a laptop (hp pavilion dv6700 ) with ubuntu 10.10 and a broadcom (bcm 94312 LP-PHY) wireless card using the non-free drivers (tried both the b43 and the SPA(?) one). When I try to connect to a WPA2/AES router, I can enter my

Question about

2011-03-13 Thread Larry Finger
I am running openSUSE 11.4 with NetworkManager 0.8.2 and knetworkmanager 0.9. Usually everything works fine, but under some circumstances that are not understood, wireless is disabled. It is not blocked by a radio-kill switch, as 'rfkill list' shows 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked:

Re: Question about

2011-03-13 Thread Larry Finger
On 03/13/2011 11:22 AM, José Queiroz wrote: Hi Larry, Are you using a Dell laptop? A recent kernel change broke the WMI support to some dell hardware. If it's your case, try blacklisting dell-laptop modules and reseting your machine. No, this is an HP. I am not loading any wmi modules. One

Re: Network Manager reason codes

2011-03-07 Thread Larry Finger
On 03/07/2011 02:33 PM, Kai Sommer wrote: OT: Can someone recommend a well (Linux) functional USB WLAN stick/chip!? Devices containing the Realtek RTL8187L or RTL8187B chips work out-of-the-box and do not need external firmware. My TL8187L is a Netgear WG111V2. You might not find any new

Re: NM disconnect after one hour with a wired network

2011-01-10 Thread Larry Finger
On 01/09/2011 05:15 AM, Charles Cultien wrote: Hi, I have a very strange problem : I'm connected with the wired network of my university and each time, after one hour, Network Manager disconnect himself and didn't reconnect automatically. So I have to reconnect by myself evry hour and this is

Help with wireless device

2010-12-31 Thread Larry Finger
Hi, One of the people I'm trying to help on the openSUSE Forum has a problem in that the KDE applet always has wireless networking disabled. Once it is enabled manually, then the wireless comes up as expected. In /var/log/NetworkManager, the following is reported: Dec 31 14:54:59 linux-ioxs

Re: BCM4312/b43 acts weird with NetworkManager and F13

2010-08-07 Thread Larry Finger
On 08/07/2010 08:32 AM, Ville-Pekka Vainio wrote: I decided to test the Broadcom proprietary driver and it has the same problem as b43, I still need to click Enable Wireless before NM shows any wifi networks. I think that's unnecessary, the wireless could just be enabled by default. As I

Re: howto ignore rfkill switch

2010-08-06 Thread Larry Finger
On 08/06/2010 12:51 AM, Dana Goyette wrote: My Samsung laptop's rfkill switch, on the other hand, is entirely software. If I unload the samsung-laptop module with the wifi card set to kill, the wifi card can at least receive. I'm not sure about sending, since r8192pci mostly fails. The

Re: howto ignore rfkill switch

2010-04-26 Thread Larry Finger
On 04/26/2010 11:32 AM, Jim Cromie wrote: On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Dan Williams d...@redhat.com wrote: On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 18:49 -0600, Jim Cromie wrote: 1 - with only built-in wifi card, I get a blank list. 2 - once I plug in the pcmcia and usb cards, theyre both unblocked, but

Re: network manager install help please

2010-03-17 Thread Larry Finger
On 03/16/2010 04:51 PM, Ken Taylor wrote: Hi Guys I have a Suse distro How do I install the network manager? I have it downloaded, but can't work out how to install it Any help really appreciated as my little lenovo S10e has lost it's ability to connect to a wifi network and Lenovo

Re: /etc/init.d/NetworkManager quit ?

2010-02-27 Thread Larry Finger
On 02/27/2010 11:05 AM, Graham Lyon wrote: The point you're missing here is that network manager solves a very real problem with links going down after boot time and not automatically coming back up when they're available again (Read as: laptop users). A daemon was necessary to fix this and

Re: realtek 8172 does not work with networkmanager and wpa on ubuntu 9.10

2010-02-12 Thread Larry Finger
On 02/11/2010 04:02 PM, vincent guffens wrote: Dear list, I have recently bought a thinkpad edge 64 bits with a realtek 8192. lspci reports Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8172 (rev 10) I have installed ubuntu 9.10 amd64 but Linux does not come with the

Re: Problem with changing encryption for established connection

2009-10-24 Thread Larry Finger
On 10/24/2009 04:15 AM, Will Stephenson wrote: On Saturday 24 October 2009 00:53:16 Dan Williams wrote: On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 10:45 -0500, Larry Finger wrote: I am using NetworkManager version 0.7.1 and kNM version 0.9. While testing openSUSE 11.2 RC1, I did the unusual step of changing

Problem with changing encryption for established connection

2009-10-22 Thread Larry Finger
I am using NetworkManager version 0.7.1 and kNM version 0.9. While testing openSUSE 11.2 RC1, I did the unusual step of changing the encryption scheme for a previously established ESSID/connection. As expected, when I clicked on the entry in the kNM applet to connect, I got the

Re: Phantom wireless device

2009-08-20 Thread Larry Finger
Rick Jones wrote: --On Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:20:35 -0400 John Mahoney jmaho...@waav.com wrote: Ubuntu just pushed new kernels. Did you just pick one up. I got the message two days ago, but have not *rushed* into grabbing them. Maybe a regression? I'm not using those kernels, I run

Re: howto ignore rfkill switch

2009-07-23 Thread Larry Finger
Helen Gray wrote: Hi, I have a laptop with a dodgy rfkill switch. It switches on and off randomly when touch the laptop panel above it. To avoid the problem, I've installed a PCMCIA card but network manager shut it down when the switch goes off. Is there a way to ask network manager to

Re: How to connect to a WPA network that uses 10 hexadecimal digits as password

2009-04-08 Thread Larry Finger
Jaap A. Haitsma wrote: iwlist scan gives the following output wlan0 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:1F:41:0F:FE:59 ESSID:STI WiFi Mode:Master Channel:11 Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)

Re: Problem with Script to restart NetworkManager

2009-03-27 Thread Larry Finger
Felipe Ferreira wrote: *Problem:* My script to reload NetworkManager (if internet conection is lost) fails because it cannot get the GetSecrets even if I run crontab even as root. CRONTAB: #*/5 * * * * /home/felix/Scripts/testnet.sh testnet.sh: #!/bin/bash #Script to test internet

Re: Help on wireless network connectivity

2008-08-14 Thread Larry Finger
Ravi wrote: Hi, I have installed fedora 9 on my laptop recently and I wanted to enable WiFi using Network manager. Lan interface : Broadcom 802.11a/b/g WLAN Please help me how can I get this done. Please tell us more. From a terminal, issue the command '/sbin/lspci -nnv', find the first

Re: Wireless requires roaming to be turned off and back on before connecting

2008-07-27 Thread Larry Finger
Dan Williams wrote: AFAIK you can't actually run that command at all unless you're root, since it has the potential to interrupt traffic either way. From the man page for iwlist: scan[ning] Give the list of Access Points and Ad-Hoc cells in range, and optionally a

Re: Network troubleshooting in 8.04

2008-05-19 Thread Larry Finger
mohamed abu amna wrote: I have a new Dell inspiron 1525 NB with vista preinstallation. I have installed Ubuntu 8.04 and failed completely to connect to the wireless network, where as this goes smoothly in Vista.. Opening the administrator and then the network does not offer the option of

Re: NetworkManager should report killswitch state per device

2008-04-27 Thread Larry Finger
Aaron Konstam wrote: I have to ask. How do you blacklist a driver? === We have phasers, I vote we blast 'em! -- Bailey, The Corbomite Maneuver, stardate 1514.2

Re: NetworkManager should report killswitch state per device

2008-04-27 Thread Larry Finger
Fanen A. wrote: Is it possible that a situation may arise when both cards use the same driver? :p My two cents: its better if the kill switch for one device doesn't affect another device (in the case of the mini-pci wireless, and the pcmcia wireless cards). If its at all possible to

Re: NetworkManager should report killswitch state per device

2008-04-26 Thread Larry Finger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 01:24:33PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote: Expected behavior. If you don't want to kill any wireless, don't flip the switch. I don't see real use-cases where you'd want to rfkill one card but not others; Here's a real use-case: on my wife's

Re: Invalid bug report previously, raises usability question.

2008-04-19 Thread Larry Finger
Stefán Freyr Stefánsson wrote: Hi again. It seems that my previous bug report was invalid. I have already closed the bug and added a comment explaining it. I had missed one combination when trying to connect to the wireless network, namely selecting Open System and WEP Passphrase. Using

Re: Wireless Chips

2008-04-18 Thread Larry Finger
Herbert Taylor wrote: I just finished reading the Network manager story in the Red Hat Magazine. It had a list of chips that work with Linux and a list that don't. Are these chips the kind that are in the computer or are they PCMCIA type. I have a Dell Inspiron B130, that has a broadcom

Re: My Laptop

2007-12-12 Thread Larry Finger
Herbert Taylor wrote: I wanted to see if I could get some advise on what to do concerning wireless on my laptop. I have a Dell Inspiron B130 with a Dell wireless card, 1370 WLAN, mini-PC card. It works fine on windows as does a Linksys WUSB54G. I have Ubuntu loaded right now in a dual

Re: Frequent Disconnects

2007-07-15 Thread Larry Finger
Patrick Hi wrote: Alrighty - this is a desktop computer, on the floor directly over the router. Right now the signal strength is reported as 45%, oh, then it just disconnected again. Now it's back and at 44%. Linux patrickishere 2.6.20-16-386 #2 Thu Jun 7 20:16:13 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

Potential problem in getting WPA key from KDE Wallet

2007-06-30 Thread Larry Finger
I may have found a problem in getting a WPA-PSK key from KDE Wallet. I have two AP's with one of them used only for testing. Both are broadcasting their ESSID - the production machine has the ESSID of 'lwfdjf'. When the test unit had an ESSID of 'lwfdjf2' and I selected it using the KDE kicker

Re: ipw srcipts for hal

2007-06-25 Thread Larry Finger
dragoran wrote: On 6/25/07, *yelo_3* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ok anyway sorry but why did they implement a hardware kill that cannot be revoked using software? I don't find the use case of this dunno but thats how the cards where designed... My

Re: permanently blacklisting an AP; rate setting on bcm43xx

2007-06-02 Thread Larry Finger
John Steele Scott wrote: Hi, Is it possible to permanently blacklist an access point by its MAC address? I've tried removing the address in gconf-editor, but this didn't do what I wanted. The situation is that I have two APs in a WDS setup. One of the APs (a Billion 7402VGP) does not

Re: Hello

2007-06-01 Thread Larry Finger
Benjamin Kreuter wrote: Hi All -- My name is Benjamin Kreuter, and I'm going to be contributing a bit to NetworkManager this summer, and possibly after that. I just thought I would announce myself to the list. Also, I am having trouble connecting to anoncvs.gnome.org -- is this server

Re: nm-applet do not show my wireless

2007-05-04 Thread Larry Finger
Alejandro Adam wrote: Dan Thanks for the quick answer. Here I'm trying to answer your questions. I couldn't find anything wrong with the wireless configuration (it works, in fact). But the applet still does not see it. The applet is the stable deb package valhalla:/home/alejandro#