[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#444695: Bug#444695: network-manager: Can't connect to wireless networks: Error getting killswitch power: Access type not supported

[Michael Biebl]

Goncalo Marrafa schrieb:
> Package: network-manager
> Version: 0.6.5-2
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> Everytime network-manager tries to connect to a wireless network i get a log
> of:
> 
> NetworkManager: <info>  Error getting killswitch power:
> org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.KillSwitch.NotSupported - Access type not
> supported
> 
> in syslog and nm just sits there and doen't connect.
> 
> My wireless card is an Intel 3945 on a Dell Latitude D620.
> 

This is most likely a bug in hal.
Please install libsmbios-bin and edit
/usr/lib/hal/scripts/linux/hal-system-killswitch-get-power-linux

and change the path /usr/bin/dellWirelessCtl to
/usr/sbin/dellWirelessCtl.

Please let me know if this fixes your problem.

Cheers,
Michael
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