In need of wireless help

[Ihatevista]

I have Kubuntu on a used laptop. I'm having trouble connecting to wireless internet ( surprise,surprise). I uninstalled knetworkmanager and installed wlassistant using a wired internet connection. I enter the key in network settings and opened wlassistant to try to connect. 20-30 seconds later it said "network connection failed. Then I noticed the security mode was wpa and it looked like wlassistant only supports wep, so I changed the settings of my router. Then I tried again using the wep key. Same problem. The wireless connection works perfectly on my other laptop running windows.
HOWEVER, previously to installing linux, the laptop had windows installed. in windows the connection didn't work either. The laptop has integrated wireless. I have a linksys wireless router.
Thanks for any help that be offered.

[jankushka]

Re: In need of wireless help

knetworkmanager works pretty well and wpa is supported.
i have a wireless net with wpa-psk with no issues whatsoever.
and with feisty i could get everything to work out of the box (which was kinda nice).
i'd say you can ditch wlassistant.
and let's see the output of the following (from a konsole):

lspci

lsmod | grep 80211

cat /etc/network/interfaces

ifconfig -a

iwlist scan

[Ihatevista]

Re: In need of wireless help

Thanks for you suggestion, but when I try to enter a sudo command, konsole won't take my password. When it ask I enter it but it doesn't show up on the screen.
It just sits there. If I issue a new command that doesn't use sudo, it works fine.

Any ideas?

[jankushka]

Re: In need of wireless help

mmm...funny.
pls, try hit ctrl-alt-f1 (ctrl-alt-f7 to go back).
log in with your username and password.
then enter your same password when asked by the following command:

sudo -i

and see if you get a root shell.

cheers.

ps:
btw, the commands i listed in the previous post don't require root privileges.
no sudo required.

[Ihatevista]

Re: In need of wireless help


I hit ctrl-alt-f1 and enter my user name. Then I try to enter my password, but it just sits there like I'm typing anything.

Thanks

[Detonate]

Re: In need of wireless help

It's taking your password, it just does not show on the screen, not even asterisks. Enter your password and hit enter. See what I mean?