This drove me nuts so I pass it on in hopes that you aren't. There are probably other, better ways to do the same but I couldn't find them -- and believe me I looked.
I wanted to log-in without having to enter a second password to open Wallet (as happens when WLAN is setup). This is how I got there after much trial and error:
1) Set up WLAN using System Settings / Network Settings / Wireless tab. Click Apply. Wallet will pop-up asking for a password (or a new password if this is a newly created user). Enter it. If you entered everything for the WLAN correctly it should come up. Before doing so make sure SSID broadcasting is enabled in your router (when done here you can probably disable it again).
2) Logout then log back in. Wallet will pop-up again asking for a password. Enter it. The WLAN should come up. If a web browser session was automatically restored at log in, you may have to tell it to retry any previously opened pages.
3) Disable Wallet using System Settings / Advanced Tab / Wallet / Wallet Preferences and unchecking 'Enable the KDE ...' just under the tab.
4) Logout then log back in. This time Network Manager(?) will pop-up again asking for the WEP key. Enter it. The WLAN should come up.
5) I found that from here on out, when logging in, I was no longer asked for either a password or WEP key after log in -- it just automatically connected. Note that I checked 'Connect automatically' when I set up the WLAN.
If your creating a new user I suggest you restart the OS before setting up the WLAN for the new user.
Incidentally I'm using an IBM ThinkPad R52.
Now if I could just find a way to adjust the touchpad -- the mouse page in System Settings has no affect and gsynaptics seems to be broken.
Best,
Tom
I wanted to log-in without having to enter a second password to open Wallet (as happens when WLAN is setup). This is how I got there after much trial and error:
1) Set up WLAN using System Settings / Network Settings / Wireless tab. Click Apply. Wallet will pop-up asking for a password (or a new password if this is a newly created user). Enter it. If you entered everything for the WLAN correctly it should come up. Before doing so make sure SSID broadcasting is enabled in your router (when done here you can probably disable it again).
2) Logout then log back in. Wallet will pop-up again asking for a password. Enter it. The WLAN should come up. If a web browser session was automatically restored at log in, you may have to tell it to retry any previously opened pages.
3) Disable Wallet using System Settings / Advanced Tab / Wallet / Wallet Preferences and unchecking 'Enable the KDE ...' just under the tab.
4) Logout then log back in. This time Network Manager(?) will pop-up again asking for the WEP key. Enter it. The WLAN should come up.
5) I found that from here on out, when logging in, I was no longer asked for either a password or WEP key after log in -- it just automatically connected. Note that I checked 'Connect automatically' when I set up the WLAN.
If your creating a new user I suggest you restart the OS before setting up the WLAN for the new user.
Incidentally I'm using an IBM ThinkPad R52.
Now if I could just find a way to adjust the touchpad -- the mouse page in System Settings has no affect and gsynaptics seems to be broken.
Best,
Tom