Can't get openSUSE 11.2 to connect wirelessly

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I have a non-broadcast network (ad-hoc?) that I am attempting to connect to via openSUSE 11.2 running off live USB. It does nothing. It never connects and when I view it with available networks it just shows the name and “insecure” (even though it’s WPA2Personal) and no percentage.

On the same laptop, I can get Fedora 11 (live USB and installed), Windows XP and Moblin 2.0 (live USB) to all connect wirelessly with no issues.

It’s an eeePC 1002HA with (I believe) an Atheros wireless card.

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To give more information:

Wireless Card: AR928X Atheros Wireless Network Adapter

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I finally got it to work using YAST-ifup. But two issues:

  1. KNetworkManager just will not work (why?)
  2. Now I have no icon to show signal strength or even if I’m connected! Is there such a thing?
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6tr6tr <6tr6tr@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> writes:

> I finally got it to work using YAST-ifup. But two issues:
>
> 1. KNetworkManager just will not work (why?)
> 2. Now I have no icon to show signal strength or even if I’m connected!
> Is there such a thing?

The icon that normally shows the signal connection etc… is Network
Manager, if you aren’t using it, it won’t display.

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Regards,
Barry Nichols

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I’ve seen a recent update for networkmanager. Did you apply it?

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No, I am doing live USB only and I put it on the USB stick yesterday and it has not indicated any updates yet. I’ll take a look and see.

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After applying that update I can now get it to SEE my network but I still can’t connect to it. Argh!