Beta 5 network manager?

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I tried Beta 5 last weekend and am very impressed with all the good work that has gone into KDE4.

Well done lads.

The only problem I had was network manager, it found my network but refused to connect (wireless).

My wireless card is a Broadcom 4312 and I simply (as usual) copied the b43 folder from my working v11.0 /lib/firmware folder and reloaded the b43 module.

This is running the Beta5 i686 liveCD by the way.

Anyone else having that problem?

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Yes, I have experienced the same problem; seems to be a regression in the code. I had to revert back to the 3.5.10 KDE network manager in order to access a wi-fi access point. Even with the last update (last Friday) I still couldn’t connect, although the plasmoid certainly was more helpful in showing me which points I theoretically could connect to. I am using an Intel wi-fi (laptop Centrino).

I think that the problem has more to do with the software, rather than hardware, side of things. Hopefully this will be stamped out before the RC1, and at least by the release date for 11.1.

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Thats because the network app for KDE 4.2 (being developed by SUSE for 11.1) isn’t done yet. They said it should make the deadline for being included, but I do know that was one part that wasn’t finished. Hopefully they push it out soon.

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Maybe it is related with this issue:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435675

5

Last night they updated the kde4-networkmanager package and voila you are able to connect using a snazzy plasmoid.

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Yeah. But how do I get it if I can’t connect to the internet? :\

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I updated also but it still doesn’t work for me. It won’t save my password for wpa-psk encryption.

Ifup works fine though.

8

Same here, wpa-psk password doesn’t get saved, so it wont work.
Ifup is working 100% fine… for the first time ever with my intel 4965AGN wireless.

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I also have the problem with WPA password, and it is a blocker for me until it is sorted. I need the latest kernel for my Intel card to work, but 11.1 with this bug is no more useful than 11.0.

Also, the plasmoid appears to display all the wireless signals it can see in my area, but doesn’t do a good job of displaying them. There are lots of signals, but the display overlays them to the point where you cannot distinguish on from another.