A word of exlanation for those new to this thread…
My Acer running Linpus would not automatically connect to my replacement BT Homewhub via WPA or WEP, and I had to delete the SSID and reenter the password EVERY time before I could get online >:(
The solution we discovered was to DISABLE BT-FON and BT-Wifi (which I had not realised are factory set ‘enabled’ these days)
After that, all was well.
You may read on if you want to, but it was a rather long story…
My original email…
Hello Mark
Afraid I am still using Linpus. I keep bidding for another netbook on eBay to try Peppermint on, but keep getting outbid!
Anyway, my Acer connects fine to my Homehub using WEP.
The problem is when I switch to WPA…
I put in the 10 char wireless key and it works fine.
BUT when I next power up, it won’t connect, and when I look at the settings the key has bloated to 20-30 (or more) characters!
I key in the correct key and I connect OK, but it is just a bit of a pain having to keep keying it in.
Am I doing something wrong?
Or is it a fault?
Have you any ideas?
BUT when I next power up, it won't connect, and when I look at the settings the key has bloated to 20-30 (or more) characters!
I key in the correct key and I connect OK, but it is just a bit of a pain having to keep keying it in.
It looks like you already had a saved password for that connection.
See i you could you try and delete the connection, then reboot.
When it tries to connect to your WPA connection. then key in the password, but do not save it at this time.
See if it connects. If OK then reboot, key in the password and the save it.
No need to be sorry, but I don’t think it’s possible to fix this without clearing the network profiles as both user and root … to tell the truth, I can’t guarantee that would fix it anyway but it’s the logical next step.
Mark - Do you never sleep? (says me, getting up at 5.30am)
Thinking about this, I have been having a problem with a connection in London, and looking at the profile it is my only other password protected WPA network, and yes - you guessed, the password has got bloated to 20-30 (or more) characters.
I guess it may be a system fault
Can you explain what you mean by ‘as both user and root’?
Heh … Yes I sleep … but then I’m not known for getting up at 5:30 on a Sunday (or any other) morning
Reading online suggests Linpus Lite may have a problem with WPA/WPA2 “Enterprise” (RADIUS) … but should be fine with WPA/WPA2 “Personal” (No RADIUS Server).
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Ooops … nearly missed the question at the bottom.
Network connections can be created in/by a normal “user” account, but they can also be created in/by the “root” (administrator) account … the connection information is stored in different places for these 2 account types, and I can’t remember where (in Linpus Lite).
No progress I am afraid.
Whatever I set the Homehub to (except WEP) the result is the same - stored password gets bloated on reboot
And even creating a new network via Connection Manager leads to the same conclusion.
Maybe I will pluck up the courage to wipe the data as you suggest, but that will really muck me up as I have no record of any of the passwords
Mark
Afraid it just got worse - it now wouldn’t autoconnect with WEP.
So I deleted all network connections as you suggested and started again.
Sadly still no autoconnect with either WEP or WPA, and that bloated stored password again.
Please don’t tell me to reload the system - that’s what Windows people do!
Normally I’d say reinstall the NetworkManager, and wpa_supplicant … but as the software repos are now closed for Linpus Lite, I don’t think you’ll be able to do this.
A reinstall will probably fix it … INSTALLING PEPPERMINT will definitely fix it
Other than that I don’t think I can offer much more help … I can’t even remember how to install/uninstall software through the Linpus Lite GUI, and as I’ve said before Linpus Lite refuses to load in a virtual machine, so I have no way of testing it without doing a full install myself … and I aint overwriting Peppermint for anyone
