-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I've seen this with Linux Mint Debian Edition (the first release from March 2014); I bypassed the problem by assigning a static IP address to the laptop (Asus netbook) for that particular location.
I believe the access point is at fault in my case, since the Asus netbook has no trouble connecting to APs at other locations. - --Bob. Bob Jonkman <[email protected]> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA On 09/08/15 07:59 PM, Howard Gibson wrote: > I have just installed Fedora_22 on my Lenovo Thinkpad T400 laptop. > I cannot get the networking to work, Ethernet or Wi-Fi. > > I can turn Wi-Fi on, and I can see the Wi-Fi servers. When I > connect to mine, it just sits there trying to connect until it > times out. I tried connecting with an invalid Wi-Fi password, and > it prompted me for the correct one, so it is validating this, but > not connecting. > > When I look at dmesg, I see a bunch of messages about > authenticating and deauthinticating to a MAC address. This MAC > address matches the address of my router except for the last > number, which is 87, and should be 86. Fedora_22 no longer has > /var/log/messages. > > I had some difficulties when I did the install from DVD. A screen > came up and said "Oh no! Something has occurred and the system > can't recover. All extensions have been disabled as a precaution." > I searched the web and I removed xorg-x11-drv-libinput. This got > the install working. I removed it from the actual installed > computer, as per the instructions on the website. I was having > network problems both before and after I did this. > > Has anybody seen anything like this? Fedora_20 was a fairly easy > install for ordinary mortals. Fedora_22 seems to be a huge step > backwards. > > Thanks. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiability iEYEARECAAYFAlXH+8UACgkQuRKJsNLM5er+UQCdH7q1rjB3yxiM0uKO2uGMgI0z olEAoILpnVm9rv4GnYg2wTT5ANIShrT0 =jsaW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
