Upgrade to 10.04 broke wireless.

Knapp magick.crow at gmail.com
Mon May 10 14:19:02 UTC 2010


On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Eric Lee Elliott <linux at ericelliott.us> wrote:
> WIFI & 3G connections had been trouble for me for last 3 years.  10.04
> has versions of NM & ModemManager that are good for me.
>
> Wallet seems to be the cause of NetworkManager (NM) problems.  NM does
> well for me in 4 computers after wallet is disabled.  With wallet
> enabled, at best I must enter password 3 times to start computer & get
> email.  At worst many passwords are required to maybe get & keep connection.
>
> To make it work, disable wallet & kill NM.  When NM is started again &
> password is entered for each connection once, it just works.  Next boot
> has all connections working again without demanding any passwords for
> WIFI or 3G.  NM works with Ralink, Broadcom, Atheros & Intel WIFI
> hardwares.   NM works with Sierra 875U 3G modem.  NM works with multiple
> WIFI connections, even when connected or removed after first WIFI is up.
>
> Each computer got Kubu 10.04 installed to formatted partition, no
> upgrades here.
>
> Eric

That sounds like something that needs to be submitted as a bug report!



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