Orinoco driver, NetworkManager

[Emily Brantley]

D. D. Brierton wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 12:31 -0400, Emily Brantley wrote:
> 
>>i'd love to use NetworkManager, i really would, but is it possible ?  i
>>use a wireless card (a Linksys "Instant Wireless" Card version 3) which
>>uses the orinoco driver.
>>
>>the NetworkManagerDispatch service runs normally, but running
>>NetworkManager itself seems impossible.
>>
>># service NetworkManager status
>>NetworkManager dead but pid file exists
>>
>>further, if i run NetworkManagerInfo, it quits immediately.  has anyone
>>been able to get NetworkManager working with an orinoco card ?
> 
> 
> Hi Emily, I am in the same position as you. You should check the archive
> of the NetworkManager list:
> 
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/
> 
> especially the first couple of months. The problem is not with
> NetworkManager but with the Orinoco driver itself. It doesn't currently
> support scanning (see for yourself: try "/sbin/iwlist <dev> scan") which
> means that NetworkManager can't do anything with it. The orinoco driver
> is under development to add the required features, and I believe the cvs
> version of it works with NM. Basically, either get a different wireless
> card or wait for the new driver.
> 
> Best, Darren
> 

thanks for the info, darren.

i got NM to run, but it was basically useless (just appearing to scan
over and over), and the command you gave shows no data available.  i
knew about a driver shortcoming, but i didn't know much more.

i'll just wait for things to get better.

em.
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