On 1/13/07, Rich Brant <<a href="mailto:rbrant@gmail.com">rbrant@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I've somehow horked up what was an otherwise working wireless networking setup by trying to fine tune it. Now system >administration > networking..shows nothing at all. I get the spinning icon but the admin window that once was..is no longer :( I've tried getting the card working via iwconfig, but I'm missing a setting that was previously auto detected. Further, I'm uncertain where to simply activate the card again. Many thanks! </blockquote><div> </div>I am not sure if I understand your situation correctly or not. Do you mean that when you click on administration > networking the control panel does NOT come up? (Or do you mean that the window does come up but there is nothing inside it?) I have seen the first problem a couple of times and it seems to be related to /etc/hosts or /etc/hostname getting screwed up. Do you have the same problem with other administration apps? Can you open networking via a terminal with: gksu network-admin If not what kind of error does it throw up? If it is the same as the problem I have had before check /etc/hosts and make sure that /etc/hostname is set correctly. Then restart and the problem should (might?) be fixed. Craig </div>