I have problems sporadically with NM and madwifi. Sometimes a link is not established (don't know why). Following this, attempts to connect will always fail. This seems to be because Jul 18 16:36:15 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'ath0' activating, won't change.
The only way to fix this seems to be (using knetworkmanager), disable wireless, then re-enable it. Here is the successful sequence after re-enable: Jul 18 16:39:58 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> User request to enable wireless. Jul 18 16:40:06 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> User Switch: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/ath0 / linksys Jul 18 16:40:06 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device ath0. Jul 18 16:40:06 nbecker4 dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/ath0 for sub-path ath0.dbus.get.reason Jul 18 16:40:06 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Device ath0 activation scheduled... Jul 18 16:40:06 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) started... Jul 18 16:40:06 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Jul 18 16:40:06 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Jul 18 16:40:06 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Jul 18 16:40:06 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Jul 18 16:40:06 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Jul 18 16:40:06 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0/wireless): access point 'linksys' is encrypted, and a key exists. No new key needed. Jul 18 16:40:06 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> nm-netlink-monitor.c - nm_netlink_monitor_event_handler (724) netlink reports device ath0 link now 1 Jul 18 16:40:06 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> nm-netlink-monitor.c - nm_netlink_monitor_event_handler (724) netlink reports device ath0 link now 1 Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'INTERFACE_ADD ath0 wext /var/run/wpa_supplicant ' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> nm-netlink-monitor.c - nm_netlink_monitor_event_handler (724) netlink reports device ath0 link now 0 Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'AP_SCAN 1' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'ADD_NETWORK' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was '0' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 6c696e6b737973' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt NONE' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 auth_alg SHARED' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 wep_key0 <key>' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 wep_tx_keyidx 0' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK' Jul 18 16:40:07 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Jul 18 16:40:08 nbecker4 avahi-daemon[2362]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface ath0.IPv6 with address fe80::215:6dff:fe53:1cbd. Jul 18 16:40:08 nbecker4 avahi-daemon[2362]: New relevant interface ath0.IPv6 for mDNS. Jul 18 16:40:08 nbecker4 avahi-daemon[2362]: Registering new address record for fe80::215:6dff:fe53:1cbd on ath0.*. Jul 18 16:40:13 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> nm-netlink-monitor.c - nm_netlink_monitor_event_handler (724) netlink reports device ath0 link now 1 Jul 18 16:40:13 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> nm-device.c - nm_device_set_active_link (596) device ath0 link state set to 1 Jul 18 16:40:13 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0/wireless) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. Connected to access point 'linksys'. Jul 18 16:40:13 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled. Jul 18 16:40:13 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started... Jul 18 16:40:14 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Beginning DHCP transaction. Jul 18 16:40:14 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete. Jul 18 16:40:14 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 12 (successfully started) for interface ath0 Jul 18 16:40:14 nbecker4 dhclient: wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 Jul 18 16:40:14 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 1 (starting) for interface ath0 Jul 18 16:40:14 nbecker4 dhclient: wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 Jul 18 16:40:14 nbecker4 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 Jul 18 16:40:15 nbecker4 dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.1 Jul 18 16:40:15 nbecker4 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Jul 18 16:40:15 nbecker4 dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1 Jul 18 16:40:15 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> DHCP daemon state is now 2 (bound) for interface ath0 Jul 18 16:40:15 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) scheduled... Jul 18 16:40:15 nbecker4 NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) started... Jul 18 16:40:15 nbecker4 dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/ath0 for sub-path ath0.dbus.get.host_name Jul 18 16:40:15 nbecker4 dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/ath0 for sub-path ath0.dbus.get.domain_name _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
