Re: nm-applet suddenly offers no options

2007-02-28 Thread Peter Flynn
Seth Howard wrote: First, I would rule out driver problems by attempting to connect to an open or WEP network with the network utility originally used in Ubuntu. Since you can connect to your home network, this seems unlikely to be a driver problem. Yep. If it was working under Gnome it

Re: nm-applet suddenly offers no options

2007-02-28 Thread Ryan Novosielski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Peter Flynn wrote: No, all wireless cards I have ever seen automatically create a wifi0 *and* a wlan0 device when you insert them (this is a PCMCIA card). Before using Ubuntu, I'd never seen or heard of ath0. I'm unclear why wifi cards need two

Re: nm-applet suddenly offers no options

2007-02-28 Thread Dan Williams
On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 19:10 -0500, Ryan Novosielski wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Peter Flynn wrote: No, all wireless cards I have ever seen automatically create a wifi0 *and* a wlan0 device when you insert them (this is a PCMCIA card). Before using Ubuntu, I'd

Re: nm-applet suddenly offers no options

2007-02-27 Thread Seth Howard
Peter, There is a quirk in ubuntu (I think it will be fixed with feisty) that doesn't allow network-manager to see devices that are listed in /etc/network/interfaces. Try commenting out all lines EXCEPT (this is important - you will have an unbootable system if these lines aren't there):

nm-applet suddenly offers no options

2007-02-26 Thread Peter Flynn
[Edgy, Dell Inspiron 4150; NEC PCMCIA ATERM WL54SC wifi card] I had NM working nicely for all my wireless networks. I then installed Enlightenment (e16) to see what it offered (very nice) and found that I had lost all connections except my default home wifi (which may well be being detected and

Re: nm-applet suddenly offers no options

2007-02-26 Thread Darren Albers
On 2/26/07, Peter Flynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Edgy, Dell Inspiron 4150; NEC PCMCIA ATERM WL54SC wifi card] I had NM working nicely for all my wireless networks. I then installed Enlightenment (e16) to see what it offered (very nice) and found that I had lost all connections except my

Re: nm-applet suddenly offers no options

2007-02-26 Thread Peter Flynn
Seth Howard wrote: There is a quirk in ubuntu (I think it will be fixed with feisty) that doesn't allow network-manager to see devices that are listed in /etc/network/interfaces. Cute design idea :-) Try commenting out all lines EXCEPT (this is important - you will have an unbootable

Re: nm-applet suddenly offers no options

2007-02-26 Thread Seth Howard
Peter, First, I would rule out driver problems by attempting to connect to an open or WEP network with the network utility originally used in Ubuntu. Since you can connect to your home network, this seems unlikely to be a driver problem. You also mention ath0/wifi0 - do you have 2 wireless