On Sat, 2007-07-07 at 12:15 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > Obviously you have a problem but you chose the wrong solution. NM makes > > wireless easy, network makes it hard. You have disabled the network > > init.d script from running. If not that may be your problem. > > If WiFi is working, NM is great. > If WiFi is not working, NM just adds to the problem, > since you don't know if the difficult lies in NM, > or in the underlying connection. > > You should say, "NM made wireless easy for me". > > I have a card in one laptop - Orinoco Classic Gold PCMCIA card - > which works perfectly without NM, > but which does not work with NM. > NM actually gives the log message, "Get another card"! > > Basically, NM expects the WiFi device to have a certain scanning facility > which is not actually necessary for WiFi connection, > and which this Orinoco card does not have, at least as NM expects. > When your right you are right. NM does not work with some cards. -- ======================================================================= Think lucky. If you fall in a pond, check your pockets for fish. -- Darrell Royal ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
