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Re: [kubuntu-kde3.5-users] WLAN and KDE5

From: "Jochen Vortkamp" <jochen_vortkamp@...>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:27:52 +0200
> >>>>> Hi.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I don't get it to bring my Kubuntu 9.04 with KDE4.5 in the
> >> WLAN-Network.
> >>>>> In KDE4 it works fine.
> >>>>> Under KDE3.5, i tried it wirh the knetworkmanager. When i klick on
> the
> >>>>> connection I add, nothing happen.
> >>>>> I doesn't matterwhen i change the authorisation in the router to
> >> WEP/WPA
> >>>>> or nothing.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sorry for my bad english.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Greetz
> >>>>> Jochen
> >>>>> --
> >>>> Hi Jochen,
> >>>>
> >>>> Try Gnome's nm-applet instead.  The old knetworkmanager tray icon is
> >>>> hopelessly broken.
> >>>>
> >>>> Tim
> >>>
> >>> Thank you very much! It worked great!
> >>> And also thanks for your wonderfull work. Don't know how to have fun
> >> under Ubuntu-Linux without KDE3.5 ;-)
> >>> Jochen
> >> Hi Jochen,
> >>
> >> alternatively you can use wicd (http://wicd.sourceforge.net/) if you
> want
> >> to have a better configurability.
> >>
> >> Stefan
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Stefan.
> > 
> > the tool looks very nice.
> > But i cant connect to my WPA2 Secured Network. No Matter what i choose
> under Preferences -> General Settings -> WPA Supplicant Driver.
> > My WLAN controller is "Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev
> 02)" and i installed the driver with "sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter"
> > 
> > 
> > Jochen
> 
> Hi Jochen,
> 
> if your WLAN worked well with nm-applet then you don't have to install a
> new driver in order to get wicd running, I think.
> 
> The only "problem" of wicd I noticed is the lack of good WPA templates. In
> my special case I also had to write my own WPA template. If you
> know how your wpa_supplicant configuration has to look like, then it's
> easy to create a corresponding template for wicd.
> 
> Stefan


Thanks for your help. But i think i will stand by the gnome network manager. Worked without problems and im not really fit in this template writing things.

Jochen

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