*First we have nm-tool (I x'd out the HW addresses)*:
- Device: eth1 ------------------------------
----------------------------------
Type: 802.11 WiFi
Driver: ipw2200
State: unavailable
Default: no
HW Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Capabilities:
Supported: yes
Wireless Settings
WEP Encryption: yes
WPA Encryption: yes
WPA2 Encryption: yes
Wireless Access Points
- Device: wlan0
----------------------------------------------------------------
Type: 802.11 WiFi
Driver: b43
State: unavailable
Default: no
HW Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Capabilities:
Supported: yes
Wireless Settings
WEP Encryption: yes
WPA Encryption: yes
WPA2 Encryption: yes
Wireless Access Points
*Then there's the output for the second command*:
method return sender=:1.5 -> dest=:1.81 reply_serial=2
variant boolean false
*
If it helps, I get this when I type "ifconfig", where the x'd out HWaddr
numbers are the same (I don't know if you're supposed to have a repeat with
lots of 0's!):*
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Tom
2009/5/13 Dan Williams <[email protected]>
> On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 11:34 +0900, Thomas O'Donoghue wrote:
> > No, I never suspend or hibernate my computer (it doesn't work: another
> > problem to fix later!).
> >
> > To summarise: My computer acknowledges the existence of the wireless
> > cards, but it won't let me connect to the internet via wireless (see
> > pic in this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1151646).
> > When my laptop arrived with windows on, the external (belkin) wireless
> > card picked up the internet. The intel wireless card doesn't work.
>
> Ok, sounds like rfkill issues then. Can you grab the output of
> 'nm-tool' for me? Also, what does:
>
> dbus-send --print-reply --system --dest=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager
> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get
> string:org.freedesktop.NetworkManager string:WirelessHardwareEnabled
>
> executed from a terminal report?
>
> Dan
>
> > The person in the linked conversation had exactly the same problem,
> > and the solution he arrived at in the thread he started in Fedora
> > Forums was:
> >
> > "After not getting answers in this forum i inquired at the
> > NetworkManager mailing list, and got the above information. I was told
> > that NetworkManager code "honors" and checks the HAL killswitch, with
> > no user option to make it NOT honor it (software author's decision).
> >
> > however, the author(s) were kind enough to share a quick hack of the
> > source code to disable the honoring of the killswitch, which worked
> > like a charm, making NetworkManager detect and control my removable
> > WiFi card."
> >
> > If it helps, I'm using Linux Mint. The first time I plugged in the
> > wireless card it acknowledged it and set up the drivers for it, which
> > is why I think it's Network Manager which believes the wireless kill
> > switch to be "off" when it is in fact hooked up to a defective
> > wireless device. I did read somewhere that Network Manager honours the
> > kill switch, and uses it for ALL network devices rather than allowing
> > control of individual devices. I think there's a clear argument that
> > the downstream user should be able to enable and disable individual
> > devices, in the event they have a problem like mine.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 2009/5/11 Dan Williams <[email protected]>
> > On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 14:46 +0900, Thomas O'Donoghue wrote:
> > > I found out about this list through the forum mentioned in
> > the
> > > following thread:
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2008-September/msg00256.html
> > >
> > > and appear to have the same problem. The person appealed to
> > you guys
> > > and seemed to get a fix: I looked through the messages, but
> > was unable
> > > to deduce what that fix was. I have the same problem (my
> > internal
> > > Intel wireless card doesn't work, so I think the computer
> > > automatically assumes that the wireless switch is set to
> > "off"). I'm
> > > using an external card, but cannot enable wireless to use
> > it.
> >
> >
> > Does this happen when you return from suspend/hibernate? If
> > so, please
> > see:
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477964
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
>
>
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