My WEP password has 5 characters which nm-applet doesn't accept

[Yuan Yijun]

2007/10/1, Tom London <selinux at gmail.com>:
> The issue is that the current Rawhide nm-applet only accepts hex keys,
>  not passphrases yet.
>
> If you enter the appropriate hex digits, the OK button is 'active'.
>

Thanks. 5 ascii characters would produce 10 hex digits, using unpack
H*. But I still cannot get myself connected. The syslog message looks
like this:



Oct  1 09:16:50 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage
1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Oct  1 09:16:50 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage
1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Oct  1 09:16:50 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage
2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Oct  1 09:16:50 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage
1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Oct  1 09:16:50 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage
2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Oct  1 09:16:50 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  Activation
(wlan0/wireless): connection 'Auto default' has security, and secrets
ex
ist.  No new secrets needed.
Oct  1 09:16:50 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'ssid'
value 'default'
Oct  1 09:16:50 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'key_mgmt'
value 'NONE'
Oct  1 09:16:50 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'wep_key0'
value '<omitted>'
Oct  1 09:16:50 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added
'wep_tx_keyidx' value '0'
Oct  1 09:16:50 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage
2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Oct  1 09:16:50 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0) Supplicant
interface state change: 0 -> 2
Oct  1 09:16:53 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0) Supplicant
interface state change: 2 -> 3
Oct  1 09:16:54 mstar kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
Oct  1 09:17:08 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0) Supplicant
interface state change: 3 -> 0
Oct  1 09:17:08 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0) Supplicant
interface state change: 0 -> 2
Oct  1 09:17:11 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0) Supplicant
interface state change: 2 -> 3
Oct  1 09:17:15 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  Activation
(wlan0/wireless): association took too long, asking for new key.
Oct  1 09:17:15 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0) Supplicant
interface state change: 3 -> 0
Oct  1 09:17:27 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  wlan0: link timed out.
Oct  1 09:17:59 mstar NetworkManager: <WARN>  get_secrets_cb():
Couldn't get connection secrets: password-dialog.c.201: canceled.
Oct  1 09:17:59 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device wlan0.
Oct  1 09:17:59 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0): cancelling...
Oct  1 09:17:59 mstar NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0): cancelled.



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