[kde-linux] kwifimanager crashed

[JD]

On 07/21/2009 10:49 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday 21 Jul 2009 18:16:48 JD wrote:
>    
>> On 07/21/2009 01:06 AM, Anne Wilson wrote:
>>      
>>> On Tuesday 21 Jul 2009 06:05:02 JD wrote:
>>>        
>>>> Well, many distros such as Mandriva, SUSE,
>>>> OpenSUSE, PLD, ATLinux, RHEL, StartCom, WhiteBox
>>>> and others include it as part of kdenetwork.
>>>>          
>>> Can't answer for the rest, but it certainly isn't included on Mandriva
>>> for KDE4.  Yes, there is a KDE3 package.
>>>
>>> Why are you resisting using the supplied widget?  I did ask you to try it
>>> and let us know how it goes.
>>>
>>> Anne
>>>        
>> Which supplied widget? Are you referring to something like wicd ?
>> I recall looking for it and could not find it on any fedora distro.
>>      
>
> Right-click on the panel - Panel Options>  Add Widgets and search for
> 'network'.  You should get the networkmanager widget.
>
>    


I have disabled the network manager because it does not invoke 
wpa_supplicant
with the correct arguments - i.e. it completely ignores the settings in
/etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant.
Since I disabled it, wpa_supplicant starts correctly and associates with 
the AP.
Also, I also edited ifcfg-ra0 and set NM_CONTROLLED=no
I have nothing but angst against the Network Manager.

Also, the reason why I wanted the kwifimanager is because I wanted to be 
able
to see the signal level at a glance without having to invoke iwconfig.


>> Most fedora distros can be accessed via rpm.pbone.net.
>> However, I will try your suggestion to use checkinstall.
>>
>>      
> It can be a big help *if* you have the dependencies.  You may find that it's
> near-impossible to build if it depends on older libraries.  Still, at least
> then you would know whether it's feasible or not.
>
> Anne
>    
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