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#1 2007-10-18 22:01:44

Misfit138
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Registered: 2006-11-27
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KNetworkmanager says "no active device"

I followed the wiki guide for Networkmanager with KDE.
When I open Knetworkmanager,  everything is grayed out and it states "no active device".
Here is my rc.conf info:

lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
ath0="dhcp"
#eth0="eth0 192.168.1.17 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
INTERFACES=(lo !eth0 !ath0)

My ath0 is disabled with a !, as per the wiki.
also my DAEMONS line is in the order specified in the wiki entry:

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng !network dbus hal netfs acpid alsa cpufreq dhcdbd networkmanager fam)

Network daemon is disabled, per the wiki.
Here is my /etc/conf.d/wireless:

# For each wireless interface declared in INTERFACES (in rc.conf), declare
# a wlan_${IF} variable that contains the arguments to be passed to
# iwconfig(8).  Then list the original interface name in the
# WLAN_INTERFACES array.
#
#wlan_eth0="eth0 mode managed essid default"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(ath0)

This is a Thinkpad T23 with D-Link DWL650 atheros cardbus adapter, mad_wifi driver. I am currently using wifi-radar, which was easy to get up and running, but I would like the extra features of networkmanager. Laptop will roam from one wifi hotspot to the next.
Any help appreciated.

Last edited by Misfit138 (2007-10-18 22:05:15)

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#2 2007-10-19 16:09:55

hacosta
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From: Mexico
Registered: 2006-10-22
Posts: 423

Re: KNetworkmanager says "no active device"

i don't think you shuld disable the network daemon, it still starts loopback and doesn't interfere with network manager.

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#3 2007-10-19 18:42:53

Misfit138
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From: USA
Registered: 2006-11-27
Posts: 4,189

Re: KNetworkmanager says "no active device"

Thanks for the reply.
I have tried it both ways, actually. Still no luck.
I have since found wlassistant, which seems pretty good so far. If it keeps giving me reliable operation without unexpected behavior, I will just stick with it. Networkmanager is really fighting me.

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#4 2007-10-24 20:28:26

dopewalker1
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Registered: 2007-10-24
Posts: 11

Re: KNetworkmanager says "no active device"

I have the same problem... my knetworkmanager says it does not detect an active device. the funny thing is that if i search for
lspci | grep -i wire
i get: 04:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)

Can someone let me know why my knetworkmanager cannot detect this device to setup my wireless?

Thanks.

-edit- all that was needed was a simple reboot...... NM

Last edited by dopewalker1 (2007-10-24 20:55:15)

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#5 2008-11-11 10:59:03

Tinuva
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From: South Africa/Cape Town
Registered: 2008-05-29
Posts: 37
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Re: KNetworkmanager says "no active device"

I think I found the answer. I had the exact same error. Installed knetworkmanager via "yaourt -S knetworkmanager" which downloaded the PKGBUILD and built it for me as well as installed it.

Then I receieved the message "no active device".

I then proceeded to edit /etc/group as root and added my normal username to the "network" line like this:

network:x:90:tinuva

Restarted my laptop and logged into kdemod 4.1 and wala the icon started up eth0 with dhcp for me.

Now I guess the correct way of doing this would be:

gpasswd -a USERNAME network

Last edited by Tinuva (2008-11-11 11:01:20)

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#6 2008-11-12 00:46:21

arew264
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From: Friendswood, Texas, US
Registered: 2006-07-01
Posts: 394
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Re: KNetworkmanager says "no active device"

Yes, you have to add your user to that group so KNetworkManager can contact the NetworkManager daemon. Apparantly NetworkManager follows Hal's strange security measures which aren't really described anywhere (that I've found). I just installed Arch on a laptop and played around to find this last Saturday.

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