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Hyugga

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2010-03-26

Posts: 335

Connecting to an Ad-Hoc network works in Ubuntu but not in Arch

I've tried everything. Downgrading packages, installing/uninstalling other network managers and i tried manually (ifconfig, iwconfig), but with no results.
Then, i borrowed my girlfriend's laptop wich has Ubuntu 10.04 (kernel 2.6.32), hit the network name in the Gnome nm-applet and almost instantly i was connected.
I installed the gnome nm-applet too but nothing happened. (I use KDE 4.6.3).

I use wicd-kde everyday but it doesn't work either, kdeplasma-applets-networkmanagement works really bad for me and the git version crashes my desktop.
If i set the network parameters manually, dhcpcd doesn't work and times out. Same story with dhclient.

I'm going to try kernel26-lts to see if it's a kernel problem.

wireless card: Atheros 5007eg ath5k module.
Kernel: Stock Arch Kernel26 2.6.38.5
networkmanager version 0.7999
My girlfriend has the same wireless card.

I hope you can help me.

Thanks in advance.

Last edited by Hyugga (2011-05-22 00:18:22)

Hyugga

Member

From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2010-03-26

Posts: 335

Re: Connecting to an Ad-Hoc network works in Ubuntu but not in Arch

I tried kernel26-lts...same result...

Some has a working ad-hoc configuration?