Bugzilla Bug 199374

According to the above URL there is a problem on bigendian machines connecting
to a WPA network with networkmanager-0.6.5. There is a patch available, which
should be added to the Gentoo ebuild.

I tested it but I can't say if it helps. The problem ist that knetworkmanager
seems to have problems, too. Anybody could check this?

I added the patch to the ebuild. but it changes nothing. I still can not
connect to wifi networks. I always get messages like this in the logs:

Dec  2 00:42:29 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) New wireless user
key requested for network 'xxxx'._
Dec  2 00:42:29 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5
(Device Configure) complete._
Dec  2 00:42:29 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) New wireless user
key for network 'xxxx' received._
Dec  2 00:42:29 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5
(Device Prepare) scheduled..._
Dec  2 00:42:29 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5
(Device Prepare) started..._
Dec  2 00:42:29 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5
(Device Configure) scheduled..._
Dec  2 00:42:29 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5
(Device Prepare) complete._
Dec  2 00:42:29 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5
(Device Configure) starting..._
Dec  2 00:42:29 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0/wireless): access
point 'xxxx' is encrypted, but NO valid key exists.  New key needed._
Dec  2 00:42:29 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) New wireless user
key requested for network 'xxxx'._

Created an attachment (id=138049) [details]
24pp_svn2754-lp101857-endianess.patch

I tested this patch from the ubuntu gutsy network-manager package source. It
fixed all of my wpa problems. I have a ppc ibook.

I applied the same patch, but I still get no connection. See comment #2. Might
be another problem.

Do you still see these issues with networkmanager 0.6.5.98?  You may have to
keyword it, unfortunately, my EFIKA has stopped working, so unfortunately, I
have no more PPC access.

Sorry for the late reply. I tested it again with the latest networkmanager
available and knetworkmanager. The connection worked now, but I had to
configure it manually. If I selected a network from the list of available
networks, it tried to connect, but failed and did not ask me for a password.

Allright, I don't know what exactly changed, but I just installed the new 0.2.2
version of knetworkmanager and now everything works as expected. Even the
automatic configuration.

Created an attachment (id=149730) [details]
version 0.2.2 of knetworkmanager

ebuild for the new version

Sorry, I need to correct myself once more. The problem with automatic
connection is still there. My wifi network here is WPA encrypted and if I
select it on the list of available networks, I am not asked for the passphrase.
Instead I get this in my logs:

Apr 15 15:02:11 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5
(Device Prepare) started..._
Apr 15 15:02:11 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5
(Device Configure) scheduled..._
Apr 15 15:02:11 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5
(Device Prepare) complete._
Apr 15 15:02:11 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5
(Device Configure) starting..._
Apr 15 15:02:11 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0/wireless): access
point 'wlan' is encrypted, but NO valid key exists.  New key needed._
Apr 15 15:02:11 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) New wireless user
key requested for network 'wlan'._
Apr 15 15:02:11 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5
(Device Configure) complete._
Apr 15 15:02:11 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) New wireless user
key for network 'wlan' received._
Apr 15 15:02:11 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5
(Device Prepare) scheduled..._
Apr 15 15:02:11 [NetworkManager] <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5
(Device Prepare) started..._

To make it work I have to select "Connect to other wireless network" and enter
the information there. After that the connection is established and works.
However, I need to repeat this step everytime I restart. It looks like no
passwords and other information is stored. I don't use kwallet right now. Maybe
I will try it.

Just note to previous comment. I used kwallet and knetworkmanager still don't
ask passwords. knetworkmanager 0.2.1, networkmanager 0.6.6, kde 3.5.9, x86_64

I tried to run knetworkmanager through kdesu with root privileges. It worked
such way - knetworkmanager asked for password and save it in kdewallet. But
only mess thing - knetworkmanager creates new wallet under ~root/.kde
directory.

Axel, you should not run knetworkmanager as root.

The 24pp_svn2754-lp101857-endianess.patch is shipped in at least the 0.6.6
release of networkmanager. This should allow the actual connection to a WPA
encrypted network, which was the initial bug report.

The knetworkmanager not asking for a password seems to be an unrelated problem,
please test whether it still occurs in latest knetworkmanager-0.2.2_p20080528.
If it does, leave a comment here. Otherwise I'll close it since the initial
report is dealt with.