2010/2/10 Ben Armstrong <[email protected]> > On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:46:09 +0000 > [email protected] wrote: > > I upgraded my eeepc 900 this weekend > > How far behind were you? > > > and now networkmanager is no longer working for either wired or > wireless connections ... It shows me the available connections, but > when I click on them, nothing happens. I've been using KDE/squeeze now > for months and all has been fine. > > For months, hmm. So you haven't upgraded in all of that time? What > was your old kernel version? If you went from 2.6.26 (lenny kernel) to > 2.6.32 (squeeze kernel) you may have just gone from ath0 (old, > non-free madwifi driver) -> wlan0 (new, free ath5k driver, in kernel). > > Have a look over http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/Upgrade to > see if you've missed any of those steps. > > > I followed the debian wiki instructions regarding NetworkManager but this > didn't help. Also, I notice that wpa_supplicant is not running. > > Please verify /etc/network/interfaces contains no references to your > wifi interface, as that is what tells NetworkManager it's OK to manage > your interface for you. > > > The h/w is fine, as I can boot lenny from an old partition and connect > fine with networkmanager and wlan0. > > wlan0 with lenny? I guess you're using a kernel backport with that? > lenny never had support for ath5k. if that was your starting point for > squeeze, then my theory about ath0 -> wlan0 change is less likely. > just look over that Upgrade page carefully. > > this bug, if you're running under KDE...
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567473 bye
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