NetworkManager-0.7 can't make new wireless connection

Thomas J. Baker tjb at unh.edu
Sat Sep 29 19:03:07 UTC 2007


On Sat, 2007-09-29 at 13:32 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 20:35 -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 18:28 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > > Tried to create a VPNC connection, but the wizard just exits after I
> > > select the vpnc connection type (which is the only type offered at this
> > > point).  Is that supposed to work yet?
> > 
> > You need NetworkManager-vpnc from koji (not tagged for rawhide atm) plus
> > a manual tweak.  That's fixed in upstream svn, so a new build will take
> > care of that problem.  The other outstanding vpn problem is that you
> > have to restart nm-applet for it to notice the new VPN connection.
> > Working on that...
> 
> OK I can wait a bit.
> 
> Also noticed that (now that I have a connection defined) it doesn't
> connect automatically when NM/nm-applet starts (e.g., when I log in).  I
> have to pull down the menu and select it.  My F7 machine NM-0.6.5
> connects to the most recently used WAP in range when it starts.
> 
> Plus I ran into some quirks with keyrings, but that's another topic.
> 

Auto connecting is not working for me either. Even at home where there
is only one unencrypted choice.

tjb
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