On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:58:18 -0500 Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Frank Elsner <Frank.Elsner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [ ... ] > > I've tried the 2.6.24.4-64.fc8 with my F7 system. LED goes on during boot > > but network start fails constantly to determine an ip for wlan0 via dhcp. > > > > --Frank Elsner > > > > We've discussed connection troubles here. Prominent, widespread > problem is that users have 2 services turned on that should be off. > The wpa_supplicant and network services should be off, and > NetworkManager should be on. > > I was one of the people for whom wireless never worked and I > complained all the time. Finally removing the wpa_supplicant service > was the key, and now I can connect to wireless dependably using the > nm-applet program. Misunderstanding, I guess :-) I've *no* connection problems. I just tested the 2.6.24.4-64.fc8 kernel with my (working) configuration (using wpa_supplicant) because I want to see the led flashing :-) --Frank Elsner
