Bug 710716 - The networkManager can't enable wireless
Summary: The networkManager can't enable wireless
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: NetworkManager
Version: 15
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
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Assignee: Dan Williams
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-06-04 08:49 UTC by stefanopeccenini
Modified: 2011-09-20 07:36 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-09-20 07:36:38 UTC
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Description stefanopeccenini 2011-06-04 08:49:55 UTC 
Description of problem:
I tried to turn on the wireless using network manager, but the buttun didn't switch to "on". This bug exist also in fedora 14.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NetworkManager-glib-0.8.9997-1.git20110531.fc15.i686
NetworkManager-gnome-0.8.9997-1.git20110531.fc15.i686
NetworkManager-debuginfo-0.8.1-6.git20100831.fc14.i686
NetworkManager-0.8.9997-1.git20110531.fc15.i686

Fedora release 15 (Lovelock)
2.6.38.6-27.fc15.i686 #1 SMP Sun May 15 17:57:13 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

How reproducible:
Just try to switch on the wireless with networkmanager applet
  
Actual results:
the wireless in always off, i can't to enable end join my wireless

Expected results:
wireless on

Additional info:
in fedora 14 there was this bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672511

this packets fixed the issue in fedora 14:
NetworkManager-0.8.1-6.git20100831.fc14.i686.rpm
NetworkManager-0.8.1-6.git20100831.fc14.src.rpm
NetworkManager-debuginfo-0.8.1-6.git20100831.fc14.i686.rpm
NetworkManager-devel-0.8.1-6.git20100831.fc14.i686.rpm
NetworkManager-glib-0.8.1-6.git20100831.fc14.i686.rpm
NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.8.1-6.git20100831.fc14.i686.rpm
NetworkManager-gnome-0.8.1-6.git20100831.fc14.i686.rpm
Comment 1 Jirka Klimes 2011-06-06 09:01:16 UTC 
Could you provide the following info:

1)
$ rfkill list

2)
$ nm-tool

3)
attach /var/log/messages file
Comment 2 stefanopeccenini 2011-09-19 10:23:14 UTC 
hi i solved this problem a few months ago: i writed in blacklist the acer_wifi module.
I installed Fedora 15 on a sony VAIO, so the installer find 2 wifi instead 1 and one o the was wrong.

now all works fine.
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