On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 06:30 -0400, Andrew wrote:
> >On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 18:44 -0400, Andrew wrote:
> >> >>On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 19:21 -0400, Andrew wrote:
> >> >>> Hello,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I have appealed to the Fedora Forum, but no one seems to have a clue
> >> >there.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Here is the thread:
> >> >>> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=199562
> >> >>>
> >> >>> (A quick synopsis of the thread:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I've activated/deactivated everything i could think of, related to
> >> >>NetworkManager; yet, everything wireless is grayed out in the applet.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> But wpa_supplicant (cli) works!
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Additional info (beyond above thread):
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I compiled the latest NetworkManager svn; still same grayed out
> >behavior.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> )
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I tried looking in the source and tracing the calls to and from
> >> >>nm_client_wireless_get_enabled (if that's even a function) but, ignorant
> >of
> >> >C,
> >> >>didn't get far.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Please help!
> >> >>
> >> >>Does NM think wireless is disabled because a HAL killswitch is reporting
> >> >
> >> >Don't know enough about HAL to answer the above. (Where would i look?)
> >> >
> >> >>that it's off? Could you post some logs from /var/log/messages from
> >> >>when NM starts up?
> >> >
> >> >please see attachment. (i've X'ed out some addresses (xxxx:xxxx:....)
> >>
> >>
> >> ooops. The list strips attachment. Here is a web link to the same
> >/var/log/messages chunk:
> >>
> >> http://www.flight.us/bugs/var_messages_nm_chunk.txt
> >
> >What's the output of:
> >
> >dellWirelessCtl
>
> Here it is: http://www.flight.us/bugs/dellWirelessCtl.txt
>
> OK, it appears that the "problem"(?) /does/ originate in the BIOS (I did
> present this hypothesis at the Fedora forum, but no one took that path, which
> now seems correct)
Yeah, if dellWirelessCtl says the WLAN is disabled, then that's what the
BIOS thinks. The best thing I think you could do is file a bug against
'libsmbios' package in Fedora bugzilla and the Dell guys will try to
help you debug.
Dan
> For a quick & dirty fix: any way to force the disabled/enabled switch in the
> NM source? Again, i tried to find this in the source and failed. Where is
> it?
>
> I wonder if this can be considered a bug or glitch -- my situation apparently
> presents a need for NM to be more user-configurable here.
>
> Thanks.
>
> >HAL found a killswitch and NM is honoring the setting of that killswitch
> >apparently.
> >
> >Dan
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> >NM keeps saying "wlan1: link is not ready"
> >> >
> >> >Yet, I can do "iwconfig" and "iwlist" with NO problem whatsoever, with
> >> >good
> >
> >> >results. Plus, as i said earlier (this seems VERY significant), i can
> >connect
> >> >with wpa_supplicant no prob (all the while NM is saying "wireless is
> >> >disabled"!)
> >> >
> >> >>It could also be that you've disabled the device in
> >> >>system-config-network, in which case the menu will say the device is
> >> >>"unmanaged".
> >> >
> >> >I have played with system-config-network every which way, before. "wlan1"
> >(and
> >> >"wlan0") are both assigned to NM, ("Controlled by NM" is checked). (wlan0
> >> >versus wlan1 is created depending on which atheros card i insert -- i
> >> >have
> >two
> >> >at my disposal)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>dan
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