Network Manager

[Wendy Galovich]

On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:23:49 -0700
"Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Clint Tinsley wrote:
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
> >> To: "Ubuntu user technical support,	not for general
> >> discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: Network
> >> Manager Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:00:30 -0700
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 	I decided to learn how Network Manager (NM) works. I went
> >> to Google and entered "ubuntu,networkmanager" and I got the usual
> >> 10,000 hits.
> >>
> >> 	Starting from the first I read the next 5 web pages and the
> >> whole experience was similar to trying to get NM to work. But
> >> I did get that NM is still in Beta stage. Also most people
> >> were not able to get NM to do WiFi. The goal of the NM program
> >> is to have NM always work with a wired Internet, and
> >> automatically switch to WiFi when wired Internet is turned off.
> >>
> >> 	Alas the WiFi part does not work.
> > 
> > More evidence as to how badly broken Ubuntu 9.10 is.  I could not
> > get wireless to work in 9.10 using the default NM installation.
> > The wireless lights show that the driver is working but no
> > connectivity.  As to my earlier note, after tonight, 9.10 is a page
> > in history until it the next releease, be it a .1 or .2.
> > 
> 
> 	Here is my experiance with NM and WiFi. I replaced wcid with 
> NM and reboot. It came up with a panel asking me to give the 
> keyring the password. This was the first time I have seen 
> keyring on 9.10.
> 
> 	Of course I do not have a password so I hit deny 10 times and 
> another panel came up. This one wants the router password. I 
> entered that and the WiFi started working, but it was odd. I 
> do not think the email I wrote on the laptop ever got to the list.
> 
> 	Reboot and repeat all above. The keyring is the problem. How 
> do you learn the password of the STUPID keyring???
> 
> 73 Karl
> 
> 

Karl,

I haven't moved from 9.04 to 9.10 yet, but I'm wondering what your
System > Preferences > Encryption and Keyrings settings is defaulted to?  Does
9.10 have that menu setting, and can you turn the keyring off from there?

-- 
Wendy