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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 A followup: Don Levey wrote: > Matthew Gillen wrote: >> Don Levey wrote: >>> It's a built-in 802.11a/b/g card in my Acer laptop. It >>> identifies in Network Settings as Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG. >> ... >>> When I logged in again as myself (into KDE) I tried to connect >>> via the Network Manager applet. However, even though it saw the >>> previously-configured connection (and I was asked for the >>> password) it refused to connect. Instead I was continually >>> prompted for the WPA password. > >> I have a dell that uses the iwl4965 driver, and I have issues >> similar to what you describe when I've booted with wireless off via >> the hardware kill-switch, then turn it on. Wireless will work if >> it doesn't use WPA, but I have a heck of time trying to >> authenticate to WPA networks. It works just fine if wireless is >> enabled at boot time. > >> So I wouldn't rule out it being a driver issue. > > The hardware kill switch... I remember that I used to have problems > if it weren't enabled at the right time during startup. There are > certain times where hitting that switch will work - just after the > POST, after udev is enabled. I've gotten used to hitting that as a > matter of course. > > >> Do it the other way around (try your normal user, then the new test >> user) and see if the test user fails to connect. > > > As for the sequence of users, if the first user I try upon startup is > the test user, it works. If the first user I try is the normal > user, I am unsuccessful and there's no "carry-through". > After more testing last night, it seems there *is* some carry-through. If I try to login first as my normal user (and fail to connect), logging out and in again as the test user fails each time. It seems I must use the test user FIRST. What's more, though I didn't repeat this enough times for me to be comfortable being definitive, it seems that I must do a proper logout for the connection to carry over. If I do <ctrl><alt><bkspace> to restart X and force a login prompt, the connection doesn't make it through. It seems my next step will be to start moving files in my home directory out of the way. Perhaps I can find something that makes a difference here - unless there's a central file with individual users' settings for Network Manager that I've failed to find. Thanks again, -Don _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJEbQ5iVR8AmYXiFARAiRuAJ9kQ4pOfGEVUwelbSHdBB0ApsCPdgCffozh E0Iv2VwO7qqp6JLLKU2atM0= =IA7A -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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