kde and wireless

This may not be the right list but I have tried the kubuntu
forums and I can't 
get any help with this problem.  After using gnome for the
first time in 
years I belive this to be a KDE problem.  So here it goes.

I am having big problems with wireless connections in KDE. 
I just got a 
laptop from Linuxcertified with preinstalled Ubuntu.  I then
installed 
kubuntu on another partition which shares the /home.  When I
boot into 
Ubuntu(gnome) the wireles connects right off the bat! 
Kubuntu did the same 
until I upgraded the system and ran automatix2. So then I
installed 
kwifimanager and that worked couple of times.  Now when I
use kwifi to 
coonect to the network I still have diddle with the network
settings because 
it doesn't grab the IP address!  This is really
frustrating.

Charlie
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On Sunday 15 July 2007, Charlie Bradley wrote:
> This may not be the right list but I have tried the
kubuntu forums and I
> can't get any help with this problem.  After using
gnome for the first time
> in years I belive this to be a KDE problem.  So here it
goes.
>
> I am having big problems with wireless connections in
KDE.  I just got a
> laptop from Linuxcertified with preinstalled Ubuntu.  I
then installed
> kubuntu on another partition which shares the /home. 
When I boot into
> Ubuntu(gnome) the wireles connects right off the bat! 
Kubuntu did the same
> until I upgraded the system and ran automatix2. So then
I installed
> kwifimanager and that worked couple of times.  Now when
I use kwifi to
> coonect to the network I still have diddle with the
network settings
> because it doesn't grab the IP address!  This is really
frustrating.

What kind of system does Ubuntu use?
I would have expected that they are using NetworkManager,
since it has both a 
GNOME and a KDE frontend, .e.g Ubuntu would use
gnome-network-manager and 
Kubuntu would use knetworkmanager.

Independent of the original system: any particular reason
why you switched to 
kwifimanager?

Cheers,
Kevin

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KDE user support, developer mentoring

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On Sunday 15 July 2007 10:54 am, Charlie Bradley wrote:
> I am having big problems with wireless connections in
KDE.  I just got a
> laptop from Linuxcertified with preinstalled Ubuntu.  I
then installed
> kubuntu on another partition which shares the /home.
Why have two separate installations? You can install Kubuntu
on an existing 
Ubuntu installation by installing the kubuntu-desktop
package, and then 
choose when you login whether to run KDE or GNOME.

> When I boot into 
> Ubuntu(gnome) the wireles connects right off the bat! 
Kubuntu did the same
> until I upgraded the system and ran automatix2. So then
I installed
> kwifimanager and that worked couple of times.  Now when
I use kwifi to
> coonect to the network I still have diddle with the
network settings
> because it doesn't grab the IP address!  This is really
frustrating.
Have you tried using knetworkmanager instead? It tends to
work better, at 
least in my experience. It is also installed by default with
Kubuntu.


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