No wireless internet in Kde, why?

[oblador]

Hi, I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 and I've installed Kde, but when I try to access my wireless internet nothing happens. Why can't I have wireless internet in KDE?

Thanks.

[XanTrax]

Hi, I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 and I've installed Kde, but when I try to access my wireless internet nothing happens. Why can't I have wireless internet in KDE?

Thanks.

You're going to need to give us some more information.

1.) Is your card recognized?
2.) Is your card configured?
3.) Does (KDE's version of..) network manager show wireless connections BUT it doesnt connect?


Please open a terminal and type



lshw -C network


and paste the output please.

[oblador]

my wireless works perfectly on Gnome, but it's not working on KDE... I typed the command (lshw -C network), and that's what was displayed:

WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 12
serial: 00:1e:c9:f9:34:a7
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.22 firmware=N/Alatency=0 module=sky2 multicast=yes
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: BCM4312 802.11a/b/g
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
logical name: eth1
version: 01
serial: 00:22:68:c4:62:f3
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl latency=0 module=wl multicast=yeswireless=IEEE 802.11
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: pan0
serial: 8a:e7:44:30:21:9a
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A multicast=yes

[abn91c]

did you right click on the green globe in the bottom toolbar and selected new connection?

[oblador]

yes, it even shows the right wireless network to connect to, but it just doesn't connect.

[abn91c]

just double check your passkey and WPA settings, also in the network wizard make sure you check the Auto connect box under the SSID

[oblador]

I've done it, but nothing seems to work. In Gnome wireless is perfect.

[oblador]

For those who have the same problem, the solution is to install wicd. It runs both in Gnome and KDE without creating conflicts.

[ZootHornRollo]

is it possible to have wicd run in KDE and Network Manager run in Gnome?

i want to switch to KDE but have been having problems trying to get my wireless connected (works flawlessly in Gnome). I have tried wicd before in Gnome and it caused nothing but problems.