Wireless problem

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23/02/2011 00:51, Ole-Erik Yrvin wrote:
> It's my experence too.
> 
> Ole-Erik Y.
> 
> 
>> Since upgrading to kdeSC4.6, I have been unable to get a wireless
>> connection to any access point. I can detect wireless signals, but
>> attempting to access either password protected or unsecured access points
>> always times out.
>>
>>
>> I've tried both kdenetwork manager and wicd. Clearly something must have
>> gotten uninstalled or busted during the upgrade, but I can't imagine what.
>>
>>
>> Any help greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
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Hi, I didn't manage to debug that one, but for a quick workaround:

####Warning, understand what you're doing, mixing releases isn't a good
idea and you can wreck your system !####


Add Natty to your sources.list:
######################################
##Natty
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty main restricted
######################################


Create a preferences file to prevent unwanted upgrade from other
packages than network-manager, but still get updates for the packages
manually installed from natty:

sudo nano /etc/apt/preferences  (this will create the file)


Package: *
Pin: release n=natty
Pin-Priority: 101


Save and close, update package manager (I use aptitude) and then
install/upgrade:

(This is the output of
aptitude search ~S~i\(~Anatty\!~Amaverick\)
on my system)

i   isc-dhcp-client
i A isc-dhcp-common
i A knm-runtime
i A network-manager
i A network-manager-pptp
i   network-manager-pptp-kde
i   plasma-widget-networkmanagement

I had to remove "dhcp3-client"

and any other network-manager related packages you may have on the system.


Don't upgrade anything else, and be aware that mixing releases may break
your fridge and make you computer eat a few kittens, but it sure works
for me.

Hope it helps.