-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 14/11/12 17:42, Bo Lan wrote: > On Wed, 2012-11-14 at 17:14 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: >> I've been seeing this message every few minutes for the past >> week or so (Cauldron on my netbook, BCM4313). It request a >> password, but no indication of what password. I've tried the >> network password, the root password and the user password. All I >> ever get is a minute's delay, then the same message and password >> request. What went wrong and how do I put it right? >> >> I have a vague recollection of seeing a message that the >> Broadcom wifi driver is already in the kernel - is this >> connected? >> >> Anne > > If you said "system policy", it should be your root password. But > you said that root doesn't work. > It doesn't.
> So I guess, do you mean the "Keyring"? If it requests a keyring, > that means that you used to set a keyring to remember many > passwords in your system. If you forget it, you can try to totally > delete your account, and create a new account. > I do use kwallet, but that password doesn't work either Very puzzling. While it's not essential to have wifi connectivity here at home, the point of the netbook is to be able to take it away on holiday. Thankfully, this problem didn't start until after I returned :-) Anne Anne -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlCkAPQACgkQj93fyh4cnBcEOACbBIEcvkIiu6JMLZPHOIq5awLl XdUAn20YR6O5MxAao42UHNMT1A8S8uCv =2w/+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
