knetworkmanager - how to start again
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It all started when my wifi network extender dropped out
When I tried to restart I got locked into a loop of authentication and SSID password requests - crude attempts to delete the SSID and begin again don't work - I seem to have insufficient privileges. None of the options seem to provide a way through the maze - luckily my wired connection is fine I'd just like a clean start - I can't find any relevant rc file to delete in .kde4/share/config such as knetworkmanagerc (but my other computer doesn't have that either) Grateful for any advice, please |
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could be that the plasmoid doesn't have it's own config files, that it uses the systems
look at folder /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections, should be 1 file per connection
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Thank you - that sort of worked - I've now got a problem that trying to add back a wireless network throws up an error:
Error- Network Management Error adding connection - none of the registered plugins support add (the connection is visible using "scan" etc - wireless is working) |
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no knowledge based ideas but I would:
1) open Yast sw manager, search for networkman and force reinstall all packages in the list then reboot 2) after trying to connect to a wireless network look at the end of file /var/log/NetworkManager for error messages
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My first comment is that the file is 17804 lines long - surely something else is wrong?
However this is the last "set" I think
does that tell you anything? |
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no idea, did you try reinstalling all networkman packages? rebooting?
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yes, I followed your suggestions then posted the last few lines of NetworkManager
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you could, in the short term, try switching to the ifup method using Yast -> Network Devices -> Network Settings
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It is quite possible that the "profile" for this wireless network has been damaged somehow - have you tried removing it?
Another thing to check would be the status of the wireless bridge using another device (such as a phone or another computer) to make sure it is bridging properly.
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The problem you described can happen if you have more than one wpa_supplicant running. NetworkManager always starts a wpa_supplicant instance, so you must not starting another instance. Use "ps -C wpa_supplicant" to check if there is another wpa_supplicant running, if there is then close it.
The message "none of the registered plugins support add" came from NetworkManager and probably means there is problem in the plugin NetworkManager is using to store connections' settings (to write to the files in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections). The plugin is configured in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf, look for the line with "plugins=". I usually use the keyfile plugin. I have never had to configure the plugin itself, so restarting NetworkManager (or reinstalling it) should fix this problem.
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the result
Subsequently I did an install (openSUSE12.3) and seem to have lost that problem I checked the .conf file and it's only got one line: [main] plugins=ifcfg-suse,keyfile next zypper rm NetworkManager zypper in NetworkManager Yast -> Network Devices -> Network Settings -> Global -> (start Network Manager) still no joy (the wired connection is reported perfectly) I've now used NetworkManager to turn off wireless I'm not sure if it's relevant but since an install, yesterday /var/log/NetworkManager already has 5000 lines in it here's the last few hundred in case anyone feels like glancing at them
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I've subsequently discovered a relevant thread on opensuse
https://forums.opensuse.org/english/get ... auths.html and then there's this http://chakra-project.org/bbs/viewtopic.php?pid=53615 |
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