Wifi problems with clean installations of 12.1

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I just did a clean installation of openSUSE 12.1, using all the defaults. After starting up, I attempted to connect to my WPA-enabled wireless network. Unlike my previous installation of 11.4, 12.1 needed the root password to make network manager changes, which kind of defeats the purpose of using network manager. Worse, I could not get it to save my WPA password. I used all the default options when enabling the network, including turning on KWallet, which I like to use as a password manager anyway. But nothing I did made it save the password, and typing it in over and over isn’t practical.

Anyone else experiencing the same thing with 12.1?

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I have the same problem. Also every time I boot it won’t see my home wifi, but it will see other wifi networks around. I have attempted to setup my wifi again with a new connection but it still won’t see my home wifi.

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Same issue. I can see other wifi locations except for my home one that I previously setup and was connected to.

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I just installed 12.1 on my Dell laptop last night with the same bug. I went to network settings in Yast and deleted my wireless card and rebooted. Once it booted, and reconfigured my card, this bug was gone. I can connect as user again. This is going to make for some interesting “my wireless doesn’t work” threads!

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It does require root to initially setup a wifi connection. But, once done, everything works.

I think most of what you are seeing is an incompatibility between your previous WiFi settings (left over from 11.4 or earlier). If you delete everything with “network” as part of the name in $HOME/.kde4/share/config and $HOME/.kde4/share/apps and then start over with setting up WiFi, it will probably work for you. You still need the root password for the initial setup, but not thereafter.

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Actually, this was a clean installation after a format, and I haven’t restored my original $HOME yet, so none of my settings apply. I’ve gotten it to work with a hack, by going into Configure Desktop –> Global Policy Configuration and adding my user account as an administrator. It prompts me for the root password still when adding a new network, but now at least it saves the settings so I don’t have to type the wifi password over and over.

This is probably going to annoy the heck out of a lot of people. Enabling a new wifi network should prompt for exactly one password, the new network’s. This a laptop, not a server.

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I need root to add a new network, but not otherwise (I think).

I did set networks to “connect automatically” and as a system network. The system connects on boot, and without a login being required.

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Did this and it seems to be working now.

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For the record, clean install 12.1, RaLink RT2860, same problem so “did this and it seems to be working now”.
With thanks to previous posters.