The network manager applet show all access points, but I cannot connect to any at all. I attach the relevant parts of syslog. The point were the connection breaks down seems to be the line: association took too long (>40s), failing activation. Could this be a hardware problem? It simply stopped working. -- Gérard Milmeister Langackerstrasse 49 CH-8057 Zürich
Jun 9 23:57:20 kodaly kernel: ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (13 802.11bg channels, 23 802.11a channels) Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> User Switch: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1 / GEMI Private Network Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Deactivating device eth1. Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth1 for sub-path eth1.dbus.get.reason Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Device eth1 activation scheduled... Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) started... Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1/wireless): access point 'GEMI Private Network' is encrypted, but NO valid key exists. New key needed. Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) New wireless user key requested for network 'GEMI Private Network'. Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) New wireless user key for network 'GEMI Private Network' received. Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1/wireless): access point 'GEMI Private Network' is encrypted, and a key exists. No new key needed. Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'INTERFACE_ADD eth1 wext /var/run/wpa_supplicant ' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'AP_SCAN 1' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'ADD_NETWORK' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was '0' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 47454d492050726976617465204e6574776f726b' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 proto WPA2' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt WPA-PSK' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 psk <key>' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 pairwise CCMP' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 group CCMP' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK' Jun 9 23:58:10 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Jun 9 23:58:50 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1/wireless): association took too long (>40s), failing activation. Jun 9 23:58:50 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) failure scheduled... Jun 9 23:58:50 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) failed for access point (GEMI Private Network) Jun 9 23:58:50 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) failed. Jun 9 23:58:50 kodaly NetworkManager: <information> Deactivating device eth1.
