On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Mark <mamar...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Arthur Machlas > <arthur.mach...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Mark <mamar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Oh, and if I boot to an Ubuntu Live 9.10 CD it connects no problem. What >>> the what?? >>> >> >> Hi, me again. You know, the guy who said it wasn't worth the trouble. That >> it's better to use aptitude after the fact. Yeah... hey. >> >> Good news is I eventually found a simple answer on google. Bad news is it >> was some time ago, don't remember how or where I found it. Essentially I had >> to clean out some config files that weren't set up properly by installing >> firmware during the before any parts of the system were actually installed. >> >> Best, >> Arthur >> > > Aptitude it is. I don't mind nuking the hdd and reinstalling Lenny from > scratch (I have the dvd .iso downloaded). Lesson learned! (Assuming > aptitude installation works!) > > Mark >
I did a fresh install of Lenny and still the same problem persists. All wireless networks are recognized, and after being prompted for my wpa key, network manager just shows 2 gray dots (neither one turns green) and after about 30 seconds it times out. Before anyone asks, I'm copying/pasting the wpa key from a usb drive that I use on the other laptops which connect just fine, but again they have BCM wifi cards not this ipw2100 type. Any other ideas? Mark
