Description of problem: Upgrade from Build 3200 to 3208, wireless now displays available networks via nm-applet 0.6.5 but does not bind to selected network Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): wpa_supplicant.i386 1:0.5.7-3.fc7 yum says that 1:0.5.7-3.fc8 is available but won't upgrade How reproducible: Use nm-applet to view ntworks, tail /var/log/messages to see supplicant fail Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Snippet from log: Jun 8 09:40:58 monahan-fedora NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Jun 8 09:40:58 monahan-fedora NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Jun 8 09:40:58 monahan-fedora NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0/wireless): access point 'monahan' is encrypted, and a key exists. No new key needed. Jun 8 09:41:00 monahan-fedora NetworkManager: <info> Error opening supplicant global control interface. Jun 8 09:41:00 monahan-fedora NetworkManager: <WARN> real_act_stage2_config(): Activation (eth0/wireless): couldn't connect to the supplicant. Expected results: Additional info:
You'll need to update to the latest NM as well; 0.6.5-3 or later. It's in the mirrors now.
Did and upgraded to build 3213. There was a FAIL for wpa_supplicant on reboot, but it is running and wireless is 100%. Many thanks