Bug 5692

Summary:	Network: Defining connection for Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG: False problem warning?
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Maurice Batey <maurice77>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	mageia, marja11, maurice77
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	drakx-net	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Maurice Batey 2012-04-30 12:52:17 CEST

Having installed 32-bit Mageia-2-Beta3 on my laptop, I used MCC/Network to define a wireless connection for my Intel Wireless 3945.
   The driver install started, then a warning appeared:

 "Unable to install /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-3945-ucode".

It referred to Mageia web sites, also an iwlwifi website, as possible sources of the driver. (The latter seemed to be saying that this driver was only needed with older kernels.)

So I looked in MCC/Software and saw that "iwlwifi-3945-ucode" was already installed!!
  Seems the warning message was generated in error...

N.B. There is another glitch in the wireless area:

In Network Center, when I first requested a Connect to my WiFi router, the Network Center Panel icon info showed 'Connecting', but the 'Connect' button in the NC window never changed to 'Disconnect', nor did the Panel icon - although in fact the connection had been successful.
  (In fact, if I clicked again on the 'Connect' button, it thought I was requesting a disconnect!).

  Do you require a separate Bug Report for this?

Maurice Batey 2012-04-30 12:53:08 CEST

CC: (none) => maurice

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2012-04-30 16:24:57 CEST

this should be fixed since yesterday, what is the output of rpm -q drakx-net ?

>In Network Center, when I first requested a Connect to my WiFi router, ...
IIRC we have one for that

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
Source RPM: (none) => drakx-net

Comment 2 Manuel Hiebel 2012-04-30 16:26:44 CEST

>IIRC we have one for that
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3888 I guess

Comment 3 Maurice Batey 2012-04-30 17:17:08 CEST

(In reply to comment #1)
> this should be fixed since yesterday, what is the output of rpm -q drakx-net ?

rpm -q drakx-net 
drakx-net-1.7-1.mga2

Comment 4 Manuel Hiebel 2012-04-30 17:54:41 CEST

This is an old one, so please update your cauldron

Comment 5 Maurice Batey 2012-04-30 18:24:53 CEST

OK - will do!

(It didn't show up in the search I did first.)

Comment 6 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-18 22:16:54 CEST

(In reply to comment #5)
> OK - will do!
> 
I suppose updating solved your problem?

CC: (none) => marja11

Comment 7 Maurice Batey 2012-05-18 23:08:05 CEST

Well, I am now past the stage of defining a wireless connection, so cannot re-check.

But if you can tell me briefly how to revert to the initial condition, I will go through the 'define wireless connection' process again to check it out for you.

Comment 8 Maurice Batey 2012-05-20 17:03:45 CEST

OK - using MCC/Network I have removed my WLAN connection, and then asked it to re-create it.

That worked fine, but although the Panel icon did then say "Network is now up on...wlan0", MCC/Network is warning me:

  "Problems occurred during the network connectivity test.

This can be caused by invalid network configuration, or problems with your modem or router.

You might want to relaunch the configuration to verify the connection settings."

I just ignored that, and all worked OK.

Comment 9 Maurice Batey 2012-05-21 17:59:01 CEST

Earlier I said:

"In Network Center, when I first requested a Connect to my WiFi router, the
Network Center Panel icon info showed 'Connecting', but the 'Connect' button in
the NC window never changed to 'Disconnect', nor did the Panel icon - although
in fact the connection had been successful.
  (In fact, if I clicked again on the 'Connect' button, it thought I was
requesting a disconnect!)."

  Even now, with a fully-updated Mageia-2-Beta3 (equivalent to Mageia-2RC?), when I was away from base today and (successfully) connected to a strange SSID, the 'Connect' button did NOT change to 'Disconnect', even well after the Panel 'fir tree' icon showed the WLAN connection was 'up'...

Comment 10 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-26 13:05:36 CEST

Hi,

This bug was filed against cauldron, but we do not have cauldron at the moment.

Please report whether this bug is still valid for Mageia 2.

Thanks :)

Cheers,
marja

Comment 11 Maurice Batey 2012-05-26 22:00:08 CEST

I already reported the situation on May 21st as with Mageia-2 Beta3 fully updated (equivalent to Mageia-2?).

When I return to base I will a.s.a.p. install Mageia-2 Official and check further if you need that.

Manuel Hiebel 2012-05-27 14:24:35 CEST

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)

Comment 12 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-28 11:36:02 CEST

(In reply to comment #11)
> I already reported the situation on May 21st as with Mageia-2 Beta3 fully
> updated (equivalent to Mageia-2?).
> 
> When I return to base I will a.s.a.p. install Mageia-2 Official and check
> further if you need that.

Yes, please test.

I hope the problem will disappear, then

CC: (none) => mageia

Comment 13 Maurice Batey 2012-05-30 18:58:28 CEST

Today I installed Mageia-2 Official (32-bit) on this laptop.

In 'MCC/Create Network', the whole procedure went smoothly - it found local SSID's and connected to ours as requested.

But - as before - after saying "testing your connection" it came up with:

"Problems occurred during the network connectivity test.

This can be caused by invalid network configuration, or problems with
your modem or router.

You might want to relaunch the configuration to verify the connection
settings."

- and did not show the WLAN icon in the panel (although the Network Centre showed the WLAN connection).

However, that may be due to the fact that I already had an eth0 connection (in case needed to download wireless code).

After I disconnected the eth0 connection, the WLAN icon appeared in the Panel.
Also, the WLAN connection in the Network Centre correctly shows a 'Disconnect' button.

Is there anything else I can check for you?

Comment 14 Manuel Hiebel 2012-05-30 19:09:01 CEST

well these drak-net issue are known, is the original bug resolved ?

Comment 15 Maurice Batey 2012-05-30 19:37:16 CEST

Not really, because:

(1) As reported a few minutes ago, there is still a false warning of problems.

(2) After disconnecting WLAN and re-connecting eth0, the Network Centre failed to change the 'Connect' button to 'Disconnect'.
    (Only after exiting Network Centre and re-entering is the 'Disconnect' seen.
     It needs to be seen as soon as a connection is made, otherwise it can be misinterpreted as a failed attempt at connection.)
     I.e. it's not a wireless problem, but a Network Centre connection problem.)

Comment 16 Manuel Hiebel 2012-05-30 19:46:04 CEST

yes then the first part of the bug is resolved for the second part it's a duplicate of another reported bug (can't found it with my current browser)

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

Comment 17 Maurice Batey 2012-05-30 20:24:03 CEST

OK - so the original problem has gone, and the others I reported are duplicates of earlier reports (sadly still not fixed in Mageia-2 Official).

So this one can be closed.