From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 21 19:08:48 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6468E1065694 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:08:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f198.google.com (mail-iw0-f198.google.com [209.85.223.198]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A5EB8FC12 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:08:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn36 with SMTP id 36so3797177iwn.3 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:08:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=sRI6XVPn+7ZDtIlOYObBa3rdC81bAQvss4Xv+8Y6ZiA=; b=FWzvkFf8BNCoqMerWgWFTaUE0+uN1dKyycvSpFjU8HaadOxQuqNszw6/l39DAf4yP0 D9BI0X2RClK3D2CEhEA2Y2objfIzRVQNmkT0uV6+181E60oElIFTTiWTCC5pkIbMo8lG 5mlts4/K7TbaFixOmxNFudNRZ0Rm2uGIYOjYw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=QRo6H+DZdBlQAYh3mbdOFuVIJcLu3maNyPZNRg9uarcWNbx1Q2IYZYMv47FpjotyxO a37dNJs3swm+Vy9ibavpIM84CuJWCzFkA7O/Mvy5DQJzdolfhs/nLphFj5Fiiw+jq1sC 02ofz9SCEabP1g0YZD2JpllzZTiSwKymgeGo4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.169.71 with SMTP id x7mr4042390iby.18.1261422527076; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:08:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4B2D8508.2010007@rawbw.com> <4ad871310912191803u204c177ft97519fac77bc4a6d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:08:46 -0800 Message-ID: From: Kurt Buff To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: How to enable network manager in KDE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:08:48 -0000 On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 06:17, Eric Le Goff wrote: >> Have a look at ports/net-mgmt/wifimgr > > I had a look at ports/net-mgmt/wifimgr > I am quite new in FreeBsd but in my case it does not work , ie : > > I start a xfce4 session for a (non-root) user > open the wifimgr from =C2=A0the 'network' menu > provide root password as requested > > but then it hangs forever on my laptop > > Did anyone successfully used wifimgr ? If yes, what could I check to > make it work ? > > PS : I am using FreeBsd 8.0 on an (old) Thinkpad laptop with ipw-2100 > wireless card This worked just fine for me on my T61 with xfce4. It's just the wpi0 interface itself I'm having problems with at the moment. Kurt