[Debian-eeepc-devel] NetworkManager no longer working after weekend upgrade (squeeze)

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2010/2/10 Ben Armstrong <synrg at sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca>

> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:46:09 +0000
> obregonmateo at gmail.com wrote:
> > I upgraded my eeepc 900 this weekend
>
> How far behind were you?
>
> > and now networkmanager is no longer working for either wired or
> wireless connections ... It shows me the available connections, but
> when I click on them, nothing happens. I've been using KDE/squeeze now
> for months and all has been fine.
>
> For months, hmm.  So you haven't upgraded in all of that time?  What
> was your old kernel version?  If you went from 2.6.26 (lenny kernel) to
> 2.6.32 (squeeze kernel) you may have just gone from ath0 (old,
> non-free madwifi driver) -> wlan0 (new, free ath5k driver, in kernel).
>
> Have a look over http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/Upgrade to
> see if you've missed any of those steps.
>
> > I followed the debian wiki instructions regarding NetworkManager but this
> didn't help. Also, I notice that wpa_supplicant is not running.
>
> Please verify /etc/network/interfaces contains no references to your
> wifi interface, as that is what tells NetworkManager it's OK to manage
> your interface for you.
>
> > The h/w is fine, as I can boot lenny from an old partition and connect
> fine with networkmanager and wlan0.
>
> wlan0 with lenny?  I guess you're using a kernel backport with that?
> lenny never had support for ath5k.  if that was your starting point for
> squeeze, then my theory about ath0 -> wlan0 change is less likely.
> just look over that Upgrade page carefully.
>
>
this bug, if you're running under KDE...

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=567473

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