[SOLVED]Wireless wont connect

[forest]

have an edimax wireless pci card in my computer.
kubuntu detects it just fine and finds my router.

tryed to connect and have entered my wireless key many times. it just keeps popping up with the box asking for the wireless security code and tells me it is preparing to connect but wont go further.

i know im using the correct wireless key and the correct router.

[jonobe]

Re: Wireless wont connect

are you choosing the right type of encryption eg WPA Personal, WEP, etc?

[GreyGeek]

Re: Wireless wont connect

You are. That happens when you have both wicd and knm-runtime, network-manager and its associated files installed. The next upgrade, or if you change from one to the other and then switch back to wicd, causes wicd to interpret your ascii passphrase as hex and it sends a two charachter hex representation for each ascii character in your passphrase. Needless to say, wicd can't process that. The cure is to totally remove knm-runtime, network-manager (and any other files that start with that name), leaving wicd and its data file intact. Then reboot.

[The Liquidator]

Re: Wireless wont connect

I recently had exactly the same thing happen to me following a reconfigure of KDE4.

The network widget appeared to accept my password but it did not deal with it properly. With wicd I could connect but on every startup it allowed a time out on an applet I use that connects to the internet at startup.

I decided to try installing the gnome network manager. It worked instantly although it's not running. I concluded that one of the half dozen or so dependencies, rather than the gnome applet itself, was what fixed it.

[forest]

Re: Wireless wont connect

in complete basic terms. how do i fix the issue.

konsole commands or whatever just a complete step to step of wtf i need to do to fix it

[GreyGeek]

Re: Wireless wont connect

IN synaptic:

FIRST
Install
wicd
python-urwid
wicd-curses
python-notify
python-wicd
wicd-daemon
wicd-gtk

THEN
Uninstall:
network-manager-kde
knm-runtine
network-manager
network-manager-gnome
network-manager-openvpn
network-manager-pptp
network-manager-vpnc

REBOOT.

[forest]

Re: Wireless wont connect

ok now where is synaptic on kubuntu?

[skunk]

Re: Wireless wont connect

sudo apt-get install synaptic

[The Liquidator]

Re: Wireless wont connect

It's not installed by default.

In a terminal (konsole) window type

sudo apt-get install synaptic

Hit return
Enter password
Hit Return

You may have to then type y and hit return again

Once it is installed, your quickest way to run it 1st time is to hit the k start button and type syn in the box at the top of the panel. Then click the icon that appears below.

On launch it will ask for your password as it's a program that enables system changes. Then follow GGs suggestion.

[forest]

Re: Wireless wont connect

ok

the sudo apt-et install synaptic fails and returns me with.

package synaptic is not availible, but is reffered to by another package. this may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted or is only availible from another source.

[The Liquidator]

Re: Wireless wont connect

That suggests you need to update your package list

Type

sudo apt-get update

Return
Password (if asked)
Return

Then when the list of package repositories has updated and you get the command prompt, try

sudo apt-get install synaptic

etc.

[forest]

Re: [SOLVED]Wireless wont connect

thanks that worked. all fine now