On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 09:07 -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > I'm running Ubuntu Gutsy on a T60p Thinkpad. > > I'm at a location with wireless. I can sometimes connect -- other > times it will attempt to connect for a number of minutes then finally > ask for the pass phrase as if it connected by the stored pass phrase > is no longer valid. I enter the correct pass phrase and then it asks > for the phrase again.
Nov 23 08:13:33 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0/wireless): disconnected during association, asking for new key.+ It looks like the driver is telling wpa_supplicant that it's disconnected from the AP during the association. That is usually because the AP disassociated you because your authentication credentials are wrong, hence why NM asks for a new key. How far away are you from the AP? Can you run 'iwevent ath0' during the association and reply with what you get? Dan > And other times the AP will not show up in nm-applet but scanning with > iwlist will show the AP. > > It's been a frustrating experience because I also have a iBook running > OS X and wireless is working perfectly. > > What I'd like is to be more effective in debugging problems. Are > there any docs or howtos available that explain steps in debugging > wireless issues with Network Manager? For those of you very familiar with > Network Manager what steps would you use to debug failing wireless? > > Here's some logs from earlier today: > > [lots of NM debugging trimmed] > > Nov 23 08:11:51 tiger NetworkManager: <info> ath0: Device is fully-supported > using driver 'ath_pci'.+ > Nov 23 08:11:51 tiger NetworkManager: <info> nm_device_init(): waiting for > device's worker thread to start+ > Nov 23 08:11:51 tiger NetworkManager: <info> nm_device_init(): device's > worker thread started, continuing.+ > Nov 23 08:11:51 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Now managing wireless (802.11) > device 'ath0'.+ > Nov 23 08:11:51 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device ath0.+ > Nov 23 08:11:51 tiger NetworkManager: <debug> [1195834311.189296] > nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is > '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_1a_6b_68_b3_ad').+ > Nov 23 08:11:51 tiger NetworkManager: <info> eth0: Device is fully-supported > using driver 'e1000'.+ > Nov 23 08:11:51 tiger NetworkManager: <info> nm_device_init(): waiting for > device's worker thread to start+ > Nov 23 08:11:51 tiger NetworkManager: <info> nm_device_init(): device's > worker thread started, continuing.+ > Nov 23 08:11:51 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Now managing wired Ethernet > (802.3) device 'eth0'.+ > Nov 23 08:11:51 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device eth0.+ > Nov 23 08:11:51 tiger kernel: [ 26.652000] NET: Registered protocol family > 10 > Nov 23 08:11:51 tiger kernel: [ 26.652000] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions > Nov 23 08:11:51 tiger kernel: [ 26.652000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link > is not ready > > [more <debug>] > > Nov 23 08:12:46 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Updating allowed wireless > network lists.+ > Nov 23 08:12:46 tiger NetworkManager: <info> SWITCH: no current connection, > found better connection 'ath0'.+ > Nov 23 08:12:46 tiger dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found > under /com/redhat/dhcp/ath0 for sub-path ath0.dbus.get.reason > Nov 23 08:12:46 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Will activate connection > 'ath0/whmlan'.+ > Nov 23 08:12:46 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Device ath0 activation > scheduled...+ > Nov 23 08:12:46 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) started...+ > Nov 23 08:12:46 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 > (Device Prepare) scheduled...+ > Nov 23 08:12:46 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 > (Device Prepare) started...+ > Nov 23 08:12:46 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 > (Device Configure) scheduled...+ > Nov 23 08:12:46 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 > (Device Prepare) complete.+ > Nov 23 08:12:46 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 > (Device Configure) starting...+ > Nov 23 08:12:46 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'ath0' activating, > won't change.+ > Nov 23 08:12:46 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0/wireless): > access point 'whmlan' is encrypted, but NO valid key exists. New key needed.+ > Nov 23 08:12:46 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) New wireless > user key requested for network 'whmlan'.+ > Nov 23 08:12:46 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 > (Device Configure) complete.+ > Nov 23 08:12:50 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) New wireless > user key for network 'whmlan' received.+ > Nov 23 08:12:50 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 > (Device Prepare) scheduled...+ > Nov 23 08:12:50 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 > (Device Prepare) started...+ > Nov 23 08:12:50 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 > (Device Configure) scheduled...+ > Nov 23 08:12:50 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 1 of 5 > (Device Prepare) complete.+ > Nov 23 08:12:50 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 > (Device Configure) starting...+ > Nov 23 08:12:50 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0/wireless): > access point 'whmlan' is encrypted, and a key exists. No new key needed.+ > Nov 23 08:12:51 tiger NetworkManager: <info> supplicant_interface_init() - > connect to global ctrl socket (0/10).+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> supplicant_interface_init() - > connect to global ctrl socket (1/10).+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> supplicant_interface_init() - > connect to global ctrl socket (2/10).+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> supplicant_interface_init() - > connect to global ctrl socket (3/10).+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> supplicant_interface_init() - > connect to global ctrl socket (4/10).+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command > 'INTERFACE_ADD ath0^I^Imadwifi^I/var/run/wpa_supplicant3^I'+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger kernel: [ 87.944000] NET: Registered protocol family > 17 > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> supplicant_init() - connect to > device ctrl socket (1/10).+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command 'AP_SCAN > 1'+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command > 'ADD_NETWORK'+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was '0'+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command > 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 77686d6c616e'+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command > 'SET_NETWORK 0 proto WPA'+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command > 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt WPA-PSK'+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command > 'SET_NETWORK 0 psk <key>'+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> SUP: sending command > 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0'+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> SUP: response was 'OK'+ > Nov 23 08:12:52 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) Stage 2 of 5 > (Device Configure) complete.+ > Nov 23 08:13:08 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'ath0' activating, > won't change.+ > Nov 23 08:13:29 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Old device 'ath0' activating, > won't change.+ > Nov 23 08:13:33 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0/wireless): > disconnected during association, asking for new key.+ > Nov 23 08:13:33 tiger NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ath0) New wireless > user key requested for network 'whmlan'.+ > Nov 23 08:13:54 tiger NetworkManager: <info> ath0: link timed out.+ > Nov 23 08:14:37 tiger last message repeated 2 times > > > > > _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
