NetworkManager ipw2200

alpha_hack · 04-09-2010, 09:43 PM

Hey there,

I've recently installed slack 12.2 and configured my wireless drivers. My WiFi is Intel 2200BG and I've installed the ipw-3.1 firmware.
The problem I'm having is related with NetworkManager. It detects my lan card and it connects to the network through it but it always shows me "device not ready" on the WiFi section.

I have set up all of the params in the WiFi section and I have added a wifi connection but still no progress...

When I start networkmanager with --no-daemon it gives me some errors:

Code:

root@localhost:/# /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
NetworkManager: <info>  starting...
-- Error received: File exists
-- Original message: type=0x14 length=56 flags=<REQUEST,ACK,ATOMIC> sequence-nr=1270867172 pid=4197181
NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_generic_enable_loopback(): error -17 returned from rtnl_addr_add():
Sucess

NetworkManager: <info>  Found radio killswitch /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ipw_wlan_switch
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'e100')
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0): exported as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_08_0d_b7_7d_fe
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x21).
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): new 802.11 WiFi device (driver: 'ipw2200')
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): exported as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_0e_35_17_3a_ad
NetworkManager: <info>  Trying to start the supplicant...
NetworkManager: <WARN>  killswitch_getpower_reply(): Error getting killswitch power: Rejected send message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.97" (uid=0 pid=2877 comm="/usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon ") interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.KillSwitch" member="GetPower" error name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination="org.freedesktop.Hal" (uid=0 pid=1565 comm="/usr/sbin/hald --daemon=yes ")).
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0): device state change: 1 -> 2
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0): bringing up device.
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0): preparing device.
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0): deactivating device (reason: 2).
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): device state change: 1 -> 2
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): bringing up device.
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): preparing device.
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth1): deactivating device (reason: 2).
NetworkManager: supplicant_interface_acquire: assertion `mgr_state == NM_SUPPLICANT_MANAGER_STATE_IDLE' failed
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0): carrier now ON (device state 2)
NetworkManager: <info>  (eth0): device state change: 2 -> 3
NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) starting connection 'Home cable net'
And it connects to my cable net...

Does anybody have an idea what the hell is wrong with it

Thanks in advance,
Me

mRgOBLIN · 04-09-2010, 10:13 PM

Slackware really isn't NetworkManager ready.

Perhaps try wicd instead. You'll find it in the /extra directory

alpha_hack · 04-14-2010, 09:19 AM

Thank you for this reply. Wicd actually worked better than NetworkManager.. Though I liked that it was automatically connecting via cable/wifi

Hope they make it better in future

Thanks again!
Best wishes,
me

damgar · 04-14-2010, 10:39 PM

I have Salix (supposedly 100% backwards compatible) and I replaced wicd (default) with NetworkManager from the Gnome Slackbuild Project. It works well, although I've had some issues getting it to start immediately upon logging into XFCE.

I did this These are instructions for Slack13 though and with no experience prior to 13 I can't tell you what the differences might be.