[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#721595: KDE network manager does not work

[Michael Biebl]

Am 02.09.2013 10:11, schrieb Karsten Malcher:
> Package: plasma-widget-networkmanagement
> Version: 0.9.0.3-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Hello,
> 
> i am trying desperated to get WLAN working without problems on wheezy.
> One time i get a connection, then never again.
> 
> I installed the network manager to have a comfortable configuration, but
> it seems not to have the correct rights to work.
> The scanning for hotspots does not work and when i manually create a
> WLAN connection and try to save it, it fails with insufficient
> privileges (see screenshot).
> 
> As you can see here i have access to WLAN functionality on the shell:
> 
> root at pc# iwlist wlan2 scan
> wlan2     Scan completed :
>           Cell 01 - Address: 00:1E:58:BB:80:CD
>                     Channel:1
>                     Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
>                     Quality=68/70  Signal level=-42 dBm
>                     Encryption key:on
>                     ESSID:"dd-wrt"
>                     Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
>                               9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
>                     Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
>                     Mode:Master
>                     Extra:tsf=0000000000000000
>                     Extra: Last beacon: 32ms ago
>                     IE: Unknown: 000664642D777274
>                     IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
>                     IE: Unknown: 030101
>                     IE: Unknown: 050400010000
>                     IE: Unknown: 2A0104
>                     IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
>                     IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
>                         Group Cipher : TKIP
>                         Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
>                         Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
>                     IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010020FF7F
> 
> 
> But automatically it is not configured correct with the WPA key:
> 
> root at pc# iwconfig
> wlan2     IEEE 802.11abg  ESSID:"dd-wrt"
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point:
> 00:1E:58:BB:80:CD
>           Tx-Power=200 dBm
>           Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
> 
> 
> This is my current network configuration file:
> 
> root at pc:/etc/network# cat interfaces
> ...
> allow-hotplug eth6
> iface eth6 inet static
> ...
> auto wlan2
> iface wlan2 inet dhcp
>         wpa-ssid "dd-wrt"
>         wpa-psk "mysecretpassword"
> 
> Why the network manager has not enough privileges?
> Any other idea to solve the problem?

You've configured your network interface device(s) in
/etc/network/interface, that means they are managed by ifupdown.

If you want to manage your interface with
network-manager/plasma-widget-networkmanagement, you should remove those
interfaces from /etc/network/interfaces. See also
/usr/share/doc/network-manager/README.Debian


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