Mark, If this has not been resolved, please post what version of ubuntu you are trying out, the details of your hardware (make, model) and the output from running lshw -short and iwconfig in a terminal. Thanks, Larry On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > I thought i would give ubuntu a try for a new laptop install. It all works, > except wireless networking. My main frustration is adding/deleting/editing > network connections through the network gui: changes to connections are not > kept when I click save, new connections don't appear in the dropdown from > the taskbar, and old connections remain in the drop down from the task bar > after then are deleted from the networking gui. I have tried rebooting, and > still connections remain that have been deleted and new ones don't shoe up. > I also tried editing a connection, (removing the password for WPA Personal), > and I still get a popup asking for authentication, but no way to enter it > into the dialog...the wireless security drop down is grayed out. Finally, > when I tried /etc/init.d/networking stop/start, I get a message about using > services networking start, but that command gives an error "rejected send > message"....when I tried service networking stop I get the error stop: > Unknown instance. I am a long time user of Debian, and I thought Ubuntu was > supposed to be the easier/friendlier dialect...... > > My apologies for a long rant....my question > > Short of a complete system re-install, how do I get the networking gui > working, or better yet, how do I clean out the old connections that don't > work and start fresh with setting up the wireless from the command line? > > Thanks, > > Mark > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson