On Thursday 25 January 2007 12:44, Dave Maley wrote: >On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 12:30 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> > It is straight-forward for me with SoftMAC using openSUSE 10.2 with >> > KDE. In YaST, I told NetworkServices/NetworkDevices that I was using >> > NM to configure, rather than the ifcfg method. After logging in, I >> > clicked on the NM helper applet and clicked on the item for my AP. >> > Up popped up a box for encryption type and key information. I also >> > checked the box saying I wanted my key saved. Now when I first boot, >> > I need to enter my password for the KDE wallet; however, the much >> > longer WPA passphrase does not need to be reentered. NM then >> > associates and authenticates with my AP without further actions by >> > me. >> > >> > Of course, your distro may be different; however, on my system, NM >> > is easier than anything I've ever had with any other OS, including >> > Windows XP and openSUSE 10.0. I'm really pleased with it. ATM it >> > doesn't work with d80211; however, Jiri is working on a fix for >> > that. >> > >> >Larry >> >> I think mine (FC5) is different Larry. I sure don't recall seeing a >> 'save key' checkmark, and it sure isn't saving them. > >NM in FC5 and FC6 should offer you the option of storing the key in the >gnome-keyring. Maybe you don't have the gnome-keyring package >installed? > >This is assuming you're running gnome, not exactly sure how this works >in KDE. > I hate to admit it, but this may be one place where gnome is ahead of kde in that case.
>~Dave -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
