Kubuntu buggy - OpenOffice and Kde WiFi detector/manager.

[Juan Marcelo Rodríguez]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Nigel Ridley
<nigel at prayingforisrael.net> wrote:
> Juan Marcelo Rodríguez wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>> I solved partially the bug of hpet by using hpet=disable en grub
>> options in /etc/defaults/grub.
>>
>> Now I'm getting two problems. The first is that when I try to Save As
>> in OpenOffice Writer, I don't see the text labels in the Save As menu.
>> There are three check boxes, and the text for them isn't visible.
>>
>> Then, I'm getting a second ( worse ) bug with the Kde WiFi manager.
>> When I login, the widget at the task bar identifies all the WiFi
>> connections, but I'm able to connect just to the ones without
>> encryption/security.
>>
>> I'm able to connect to open non-protected networks, but I'm not able
>> to connect to the majority of them that are protected. The wifi card
>> works perfectly, and even it works with encrypted connections in other
>> OS.
>
> This has been a long standing problem with Kde WiFi manager. What version of Kubuntu are you using?

That's true. However I didn't get any problems with Kubuntu 9.04. Now
I'm running the development version up-to-date. Installed from the
Alpha installer of Kubuntu 9.10. Do you know how to solve this ?.

>
>>
>> The card uses the broadcom driver. Also, when I use :
>>
>> $ iwlist scan
>> lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.
>>
>> eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.
>>
>> eth1      Interface doesn't support scanning.
>>
>> It doesn't recognize the available networks. However the kde applet
>> does, but it doesn't connect to password protected networks.
>
> You have to use 'sudo iwlist scan'

That's true. My bad. Sorry.
>
>>
>> Any clues or ideas?.
>>
>> Juan
>>
>
> Blessings,

Best regards,
Juan.
>
> Nigel
>
>
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