linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.27-rc1] Can't connect to encrypted network

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Message-Id: <1217650463.3619.19.camel@luna.unix.geek.nz>
Date:	Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:14:23 +1200
From:	Jasper Bryant-Greene <jasper@...ton.co.nz>
To:	Justin Madru <jdm64@...ab.com>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [2.6.27-rc1] Can't connect to encrypted network

On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 21:02 -0700, Justin Madru wrote:
> When I use the 2.6.27-rc1 kernel I can't connect to an encrypted 
> network; the connection times out. Connecting to unencrypted works fine.
> If I use my distro's kernel (2.6.24) or my build 2.6.26 kernel it is 
> able to connect. I'm using Ubuntu 8.4 and an intel 3945 card.
> Am I doing something wrong? or is this a regression? I get the following 
> in my syslog:
[snip]

there is almost nothing useful in that log dump :)

can you please show the relevent bits of dmesg when trying to connect to
the encrypted network

also it would probably be a good idea to try connecting using iwconfig
or wpa_supplicant (for wep or wpa) directly rather than using
networkmanager

-jasper

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