Wireless/NetworkManager problem revised!

Knute Johnson knute at frazmtn.com
Wed Jan 16 22:17:53 UTC 2008


>When I start my laptop I get the "Secret required by wireless 
>network" dialog.  I enter the password and click the "Connect" button 
>and I get a message flag that says "Disconnected."  If I try to 
>connect again I get the same thing one more time.  After that I have 
>to click the NetworkManager applet and select my wireless.  Then it 
>does the same thing again.  If I log out and log back in though I get 
>the "Unlogk Keyring" dialog. I enter the key and it connects up just 
>fine.
>
>This only happens on my laptop and not on my desktop.  Both computers 
>have F8 i386 installed.  Both are up to date

I had a thought and tried it using Gnome and it works fine.  So the 
problem is not with my laptop but with XFCE.  If I start cold or 
restart with XFCE as the desktop I have the problem in both of my 
computers.  If I use Gnome it doesn't do it.



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Knute Johnson
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