On Sun, 2008-07-27 at 13:20 +1000, Paul Burne wrote: > I am fairly new to linux (couple of weeks) and am trying to make the > transition from Windows. I have a problem with my wireless connection > and am trying to work out what the cause is. > > When I first boot up, I have no connectivity. At this stage network > manager has wireless set to roaming. The settings for my network are set > in nm-editor (i.e. right clicking the nm-applet icon and selecting 'Edit > Wireless Networks'). > > I am using Ubuntu Hardy with ndiswrapper.
Yeah, you're kind of out of luck with an InProComm card. I did reply to the bug report, I suspect driver problems at this time due to the lack of scan results. Dan > If I open terminal and type 'iwlist wlan0 scan', I get, 'wlan0 No scan > results'. > > However, if I open network admin (i.e. left click the nm-applet icon and > select 'Manual configuration') and setup my network manually, it still > will not connect. > > But now when I type 'iwlist wlan0 scan', it now see's my wireless > network. > > I then change back to roaming which now connects automatically using the > settings in nm-editor. > > Why do I have to disable then re-enable roaming every time before I get > connectivity, and why will it not connect in manual mode? > > I have tried with and without an ndiswrapper entry in /etc/modules. > > I have checked to make sure there is an ndiswrapper alias > in /etc/modprobe.d > > I have removed and reinstalled network-manager and nm-applet > > I tried to do a debug by typing 'sudo /etc/init.d/network-manager stop' > but this file does not exist (possible problem here?) > > I have been reading through the howto's and wiki's but am not sure what > I should be looking for. > > I did a check to see if the ndiswapper module was loaded at startup > using > > > lsmod > > ndiswrapper appears in the list, so I moved the alias > file /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswapper to the /etc/modprobe.d/arch folder to > make sure that the ndiswrapper module was being loaded by nm-applet > using /etc/modules file. > > After a reboot > > lsmod > > This listed ndiswapper as being loaded. > > I went through the process of disabling and re-enabling roaming to get > the network up and running and then checking output of > > > tail /var/log/messages > > and got the following (I added notes after each process) > > Jul 27 00:18:45 paul-laptop kernel: [ 47.550561] [drm] Initialized > radeon 1.28.0 20060524 on minor 0 > Jul 27 00:18:46 paul-laptop kernel: [ 48.261188] agpgart: Found an AGP > 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0. > Jul 27 00:18:46 paul-laptop kernel: [ 48.261217] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 > device at 0000:00:00.0 into 4x mode > Jul 27 00:18:46 paul-laptop kernel: [ 48.261257] agpgart: Putting AGP V2 > device at 0000:01:05.0 into 4x mode > Jul 27 00:18:47 paul-laptop kernel: [ 181.723641] [drm] Setting GART > location based on new memory map > Jul 27 00:18:47 paul-laptop kernel: [ 181.723720] [drm] writeback test > succeeded in 1 usecs > Jul 27 00:19:09 paul-laptop kernel: [ 212.374552] NET: Registered > protocol family 10 > Jul 27 00:19:09 paul-laptop kernel: [ 212.376055] lo: Disabled Privacy > Extensions > Jul 27 00:19:09 paul-laptop kernel: [ 212.378740] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): > eth0: link is not ready > Jul 27 00:19:09 paul-laptop kernel: [ 212.381322] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): > wlan0: link is not ready > -------- After boot (Link LED only is flashing)---------------- > > Jul 27 00:22:26 paul-laptop kernel: [ 133.105759] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): > eth0: link is not ready > Jul 27 00:22:26 paul-laptop kernel: [ 133.125585] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): > wlan0: link is not ready > Jul 27 00:22:26 paul-laptop kernel: [ 133.193865] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): > eth0: link is not ready > Jul 27 00:22:27 paul-laptop kernel: [ 134.106516] NET: Registered > protocol family 17 > ----- After disabling roaming using Network Admin (Both Link and Act > LEDs Flashing) but still no connection --------- > > Jul 27 00:23:50 paul-laptop kernel: [ 165.157143] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): > eth0: link is not ready > Jul 27 00:23:50 paul-laptop kernel: [ 165.189797] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): > wlan0: link is not ready > Jul 27 00:24:01 paul-laptop dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not > found under /com/redhat/dhcp/wlan0 for sub-path wlan0.dbus.get.reason > Jul 27 00:24:14 paul-laptop kernel: [ 648.264938] ndiswrapper > (iw_set_freq:334): setting configuration failed (C0010015) > Jul 27 00:24:14 paul-laptop kernel: [ 648.354222] > ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready > Jul 27 00:24:18 paul-laptop dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not > found under /com/redhat/dhcp/wlan0 for sub-path > wlan0.dbus.get.domain_name > Jul 27 00:24:18 paul-laptop dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not > found under /com/redhat/dhcp/wlan0 for sub-path > wlan0.dbus.get.nis_domain > Jul 27 00:24:18 paul-laptop dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not > found under /com/redhat/dhcp/wlan0 for sub-path > wlan0.dbus.get.nis_servers > Jul 27 00:24:18 paul-laptop dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not > found under /com/redhat/dhcp/wlan0 for sub-path > wlan0.dbus.get.interface_mtu > ----After re-enabling roaming and falling back to Network manager (Link > LED goes solid, Act LED flashes) connection established--------- > > For something that is supposed to "Just work" it is frustrating me to no > end. > > I am at a loss as to what is going on. It is probably something simple > as a result of the newbie factor. > > Could somebody please help me with this problem? > > Thanks in advance. > > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
