Suse 12.2 still has a bug in the wireless networking aspect of things.
If you sign up for wireless access to your router and then reboot your
system, the computer forgets about the settings, the passwords and
routers, just like 12.1 did.
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To fix this mess, you still have to remove the old setting, take down
the computer, ie, not just reboot, and then re-install the network info.
Then it works until you reboot or shut down the next time.
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This getting rather annoying and someone who knows what they are
doing should get on it. I have noticed this on five of my older laptops,
three toshibas and 2 lenovos. That means that it is not just me with
a screwy network card.
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Thank you in advance for your consideration.
> Suse 12.2 still has a bug in the wireless networking aspect of things.
> If you sign up for wireless access to your router and then reboot your
> system, the computer forgets about the settings, the passwords and
> routers, just like 12.1 did.
> Hello SUSE,
>
>
> Suse 12.2 still has a bug in the wireless networking aspect of things.
> If you sign up for wireless access to your router and then reboot your
> system, the computer forgets about the settings, the passwords and
> routers, just like 12.1 did.
> .
> To fix this mess, you still have to remove the old setting, take down
> the computer, ie, not just reboot, and then re-install the network info.
> Then it works until you reboot or shut down the next time.
> .
> This getting rather annoying and someone who knows what they are doing
> should get on it. I have noticed this on five of my older laptops,
> three toshibas and 2 lenovos. That means that it is not just me with a
> screwy network card.
> .
> Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Like caf, I’ve not observed this in 12.1 - have you reported it in
bugzilla? If so, what’s the bug number? If you haven’t, you might want
to after some steps are taken troubleshooting it here.
Which desktop environment are you using? Have you configured the wireless connection as a ‘System Connection’, and if using KDE, are you using kwallet to manage the passwords?
If you have old settings from 11.4 or earlier, I suggest deleting those and starting over. And if you are using KDE, be sure to make your connection a “System Connection.”
Getting something similar. First time I booted 12.2 it logged me onto my network. And every reboot since it doesn’t even show up my network. Never had a problem on 12.1 regarding this. Just slightly ever so annoying. I’m am using a Lenovo T43 thinkpad and KDE if that helps.
Hello All,
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I am using KDE. I started SUSE with 12.1 and I am fairly new to Linux
in general…
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I have a copy of 12.2 rc 1 and rc 2. They were a lot better than this new
version 12.2.
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I am having real trouble with 12.2. There are many problems and it is more
than the networking. BTW, If I change things, I always clear the harddisk with
my acronis drive copy DVD which has a disk wipe feature.
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For network operations with the cable, I just connect a cable from the switch.
For wireless operations, I go into network management and search for
my router name, add in a password under the protocol section, and so forth.
I have never done anything else and I cannot imagine it working without setting
up the account info.
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Under 12.1, if I took down the computer completely, ie, do not just do a reboot,
and let it set for a few minutes, the password and router name will be remembered,
but if I do a restart, then the password and router protocol will not be retained, and
I have to remove the old account, reboot again, and re-establish the account.
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Under 12.2, no matter what, with a restart or complete shut off and
a long wait, I have to clear out the old info, reboot again, and then
re-establish the account.
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I am also having a number of other weird problems with this version
that I have never seen before. The screen is acting funny. I don’t
know how to test this except by removing 12.2 and putting back
12.2 rc 2 and see what happens. The computer locks up and some
of the lights start blinking. Then it restarts and I loose my network
settings.
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Somewhere in the note on 12.2 they did mention the fact that 12.1
did have issues with wireless networking. In fact, I have never been
able to get a new build of 12.1 to work with the wireless router until
I did a “zypper update” command via the cable. This has been the
case with all five of my laptops, not just one with a bad wireless port.
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NetworkManager with KDE seems to behave this way, unless you set the connection to be a system connection.
Edit the connection, and check the “system connection” option. Then save the settings. If that does not immediately help, either reboot or restart the network
On 2012-09-07 11:01, dd@home.dk wrote:
> On 09/07/2012 02:27 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>> I only see that in your post. Are you using lines with a lone dot? Please don’t.
>
> i also see nothing (using nntp) other than the single line greeting!
I thought I was the only one. Jim said he sees all. I can see all in pan after several full refresh
with a cost of 20MB of my 500 MB/month quota… I think that the server reposted the correct version
much later.
I left the computer on for a couple of hours just in case. Since I’ve restarted it, it has been connecting automatically and had no problems since. Loving the 12.2 at the moment, specially now that it doesn’t ask for my password several times a day. I think it threw me a bit when it didn’t ask for my password to connect to the wireless as well.
i found that bug when i’ve configure many wireless networks and one of them is configured twice or more, but i think the ¿bug? is because the module at ifup. If the ifup module is configured properly it works, otherwise NetworkManager fails. I always tried to configure my wireless with YaST and ifup chosing this module (Because my Broadcom module is only included in wl-kernel) and then i jump to NetworkManager and restart the system to apply changes and force the system to show the desktop applet
if NM still fails, then delete this configs and configure one to connect and restart is not necessary in my case