Description of problem: After an upgrade from F8 to F9, NetworkManager never comes up on the first try. I am trying to connect to a local wireless network with a WEP hex key. The key is stored correctly in the default keyring. When I start up, the connection does not work and it brings up the WEP password page. The key is filled in correctly from the keyring. I then hit Connect from the page and either it works or I am thrown back into the password page. Sometimes I get connected to a wireless network called "none" which is not the name of my local network. Most times, I have to restart NetworkManager and that often solves the problem. On rare occurrences I may have to restart the system after multiple NetworkManager restarts fail. I have an ipw2200 wireless card. There were no problems when using F8 NetworkManager and the network has not changed between releases. I do not know if doing the upgrade vs clean install is the cause of the problem. The local wireless Network is using a Linksys wireless router if that is of any help. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.9.4.svn3675.fc9.i386
Hmm, I believe I've got the same hardware config and haven't seen issues with this. What kernel version do you have installed?
kernel-2.6.25.9-76.fc9.i686 An update. Last night I edited the wireless configurations and noticed there was a 2nd wireless entry for my network name which specified WPA. I don't use WPA and one of the symptoms I have been having is that it sometimes tries to get a WPA password out of me and this forces me to restart the system. I removed that bogus configuration from the list and last night it started on the first try, however, it is still giving a message that I am connected to network 'none' instead of the SSID which is properly registered in the wireless list and also appears by name in the list when I left-click on the NM icon. I don't broadcast the SSID if that means anything.
Is this better with 2.6.27.12 kernels from Fedora updates? A bunch of fixes have gone into NM and the kernel since 2.6.25 that may have fixed this issue.
Yes, it is better since I have updated to F-10. I have a problem every so often where the network starts up, I am in the middle of loading my home page, and then everything hangs indefinitely. Restarting NM or logging out doesn't help - I have to restart the system and that usually clears up the problem. I would see that as a separate problem.
One thing you can sometimes do is rmmod the wifi driver module, then modprobe it again, and sometimes that resets the hardware enough to make things happy. That usually indicates a driver bug, but not necessarily. Give that a shot next time this problem occurs. If *that* doesn't work, then the next time the problem occurs, try "killall -TERM wpa_supplicant" and let NM reconnect. Knowing which of these two works (if any) would be quite valuable.
Every time our WEP key changes here at work, it seems like it takes weeks for NetworkManager to adapt. Just this morning I went through my usual ritual of hitting "Connect" a bunch of times with the same key until it finally connected. Is this the same issue that Jeff reported? I'm on a ThinkPad x61 and can provide more information if necessary. Or I can open a new bug.
Reporter, could you please reply to the previous question (comment #5)? If you won't reply in one month, I will have to close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Thank you. -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
(In reply to comment #5) > One thing you can sometimes do is rmmod the wifi driver module, then modprobe > it again, and sometimes that resets the hardware enough to make things happy. > That usually indicates a driver bug, but not necessarily. Give that a shot > next time this problem occurs. > > If *that* doesn't work, then the next time the problem occurs, try "killall > -TERM wpa_supplicant" and let NM reconnect. Knowing which of these two works > (if any) would be quite valuable. The problem has gone away with latest updates so I haven't had to do either method.
Thanks for the quick response. The bug is now closed -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers