I found this also to be true - network manager was borked, so editing the
network config by hand fixed it.
Didn't have to uninstall it though.
Tony Lambert
Lead DBA
Xansa
hampshire-bounces@??? wrote on 02/08/2007 13:12:37:
> Graeme Hilton wrote:
> > Quoting James Courtier-Dutton <james.dutton@???>:
> >
> >> On 01/08/07, Graeme Hilton <graeme.hilton@???> wrote:
> >>> Hugo Mills wrote:
> >>> > On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 01:20:23PM +0100, Graeme Hilton wrote:
> >>> >> The filesystem is ext3. Running debugfs and using
> >>> list_deleted_inodes
> >>> >> lists 0 deleted inodes.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Where can I go from here?
> >>> >
> >>> > Check your wastebasket, if your desktop environment has one.
> >>>
> >>> I don't use a Linux desktop environment. I'm a Windows laptop, Linux
> >>> server type person. When Ubuntu or Fedora can get me WPA on this
> >>> laptop, I'll switch ;).
> >>>
> >> Feisty with networkmanager does WPA. You should be able to test with
> >> a live CD.
> >
> > I installed Feisty and spend several hours trying to get the wifi
> > connected. Network Manager can see the access point but cannot get
> > beyond this stage. I've followed every how-to I can find on the
> > Broadcom 43xx chipset, tried with no encryption, WEP encryption and
> > WPA Personel, but no combination can actually pick up the network and
> > get an IP off the access point (Netgear 802.11b/g router).
>
> Sometimes wifi manager can be a bit of a pain.
>
> I used it successfully installing Feisty on my daughter's new machine,
> and then it suddenly broke after an update. After loads of faffing about
> I finally uninstalled it and edited /etc/network/interfaces by hand and
> all was well.
>
>
> Sean
>
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