So is it possible to remove seahorse without breaking something?
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 20:48, Mike Bigalke <[email protected]> wrote: > In 9.04 and earlier nm-applet didn't link to seahorse either. > > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Robert & Janet Bennett < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I struggled with Broadcom wireless on 64-bit hardy for literally months >> (it wasn't that big of a deal because frankly >> I very rarely use wireless -- pretty much only at our LUG meetings.) My >> final solution was to use >> ndiswrapper and wicd http://wicd.sourceforge.net >> >> My wireless card is a >> >> Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN >> Controller (rev 02) >> >> on an Acer Aspire 5100 laptop. >> >> I know that wicd DOES NOT link to the gnome-keyring / seahorse. >> >> I strongly suggest trying wicd before reverting to 9.04. >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Robert >> >> >> Mike Bigalke wrote >> > A few days ago I installed Ubuntu 9.10 on a friend's laptop. He has a >> > 4306 Broadcom wireless card. And having had a laptop with a bcm4312 >> > card I knew there would be an issue with the wireless. >> > >> > So, I searched the forums and found the b43legacy/b43 tar, downloaded >> > it, placed the unzipped folders in /lib/firmware and rebooted. Well, >> > at least it was trying to connect now. But Seahorse wanted a password >> > for me to use the wireless, so I gave it one. Then, of course so did >> > the WPA wireless spot I was in. Still no connect. >> > >> > So, I found a lan, plugged the laptop in and downloaded all 147 >> > updates for 9.10. Rebooted, Wow! It connected no problem to the open >> > wireless network available to me. I called my friend and told him it >> > was now working. Then I drove all the way across the metro area back >> > to the coffee shop and tried to boot up. First Seahorse wanted a >> > password again, then the WPA encrypted hot spot wanted it's password, >> > too. Trying, trying, trying.... Up comes the box for the password >> > again, trying, trying, trying.... Password box reappears. Etc., etc., >> > and so on. I won't connect to a WPA connect. >> > >> > >> > First, off. I have never seen this behavior from Seahorse before. >> > Before 9.10 it never bothered me for any sort of prompt unless I PGP'd >> > email. So what is going on with Seahorse demanding a password to use >> > wireless? Anyone? Can I just remove Seahorse without destroying access >> > to Ubuntu? You know, sudo apt-get purge seahorse? >> > >> > Could that fix the wireless connect WPA problem? Or do I need to go >> > back to 9.04? -- >> > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) >> > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org >> > To post: [email protected] >> > To subscribe: [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe: [email protected] >> > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug >> >> -- >> Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) >> Main page: http://www.cwelug.org >> To post: [email protected] >> To subscribe: [email protected] >> To unsubscribe: [email protected] >> More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug > > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug > -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
