Can't get network manager to work on older Thinkpad

pottzie · 2012-03-30 18:59:02

I've got Arch installed on an old A22 Thinkpad, and I haven't been able to connect wirelessly. I used the wiki's for wirelss set up and network manager, but haven't gotten the Belkin f5d7050 to work. I can see the Belkin when I lsusb, I can see my router when I run ip link up. And for what it's worth, there are no network icons (or sound icon, for that matter) in the upper panel, with Gnome as the window manager (which defaults to Gnome Fallback) and gnome-extra, gnome-tweak-tool,and network-manager-applet.

Here's what I have.
http://pastebin.com/VaE7Xuqq

hadrons123 · 2012-03-31 01:20:12

What is your wifi card?
What is in your daemons array in /etc/rc.conf ?

pottzie · 2012-03-31 02:48:48

/etc/rc.conf;DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus networkmanager alsa crond gdm)

The wifi is a Belkin usb model# f5d7050 that works with every kernel I've used since 2008. I think it shows up as a rt73, which according to the wiki has been in since kernel 2.6.25

hadrons123 · 2012-03-31 03:40:15

pottzie wrote:

/etc/rc.conf;DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus networkmanager alsa crond gdm)
The wifi is a Belkin usb model# f5d7050 that works with every kernel I've used since 2008. I think it shows up as a rt73, which according to the wiki has been in since kernel 2.6.25

dont you need to have it as NetworkManager?
Notice the upper case. I assume its case sensitive.
I 'm not sure whether this idea will work.

Last edited by hadrons123 (2012-03-31 03:42:37)

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#1 2012-03-30 18:59:02

Can't get network manager to work on older Thinkpad

#2 2012-03-31 01:20:12

Re: Can't get network manager to work on older Thinkpad

#3 2012-03-31 02:48:48

Re: Can't get network manager to work on older Thinkpad

#4 2012-03-31 03:40:15

Re: Can't get network manager to work on older Thinkpad

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