On 12/20/2014 09:45 PM, Lisa Desperation wrote: > Hi Bob, > Unfortunately there are not a LOT of Mandriva users here in PHX. Sorry I missed your response over the Christmas holiday period. I have since managed -- finally! -- to cobble things back together by adding the appropriate lines to the /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file. The Atheros card is working like a champ once again. Thanks! > Let's "package" this issue to troubleshoot: > a) Did you hit the wireless hardware switch on your Lenovo? That would take some concerted effort on anyone's part: two function keys in concert. > b) Logs please: iwconfig dmesg > c) Which wireless card do you have on your Lenovo: Atheros, which works very well, /when/ it's working. -Bob > * Intel 802.11agn Mini PCI Express wireless adapter on selected models. > * ThinkPad 802.11bg Mini PCI Express wireless adapter on selected > models. > * Intel 802.11agn+802.16e WiMAX wireless adapter on selected models. > * Qualcomm HS-USB for Verizon Wireless WAN (UNDP) on selected models > > d) What kernel version driver are you using: > lspci -vv > e) You didn't use anything like ndiswrapper to install the altheros > chipset driver or anything like that? > https://wiki.mageia.org/en/QA_iso_hardware_list > This guy seems to also have your same issue: > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/linuxusersgroup/-s8AQGA-huI > *Sent:* Friday, December 19, 2014 at 9:41 AM > *From:* "Bob Wallace" > *To:* plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > *Subject:* WiFi connect issue > Snowbird in town for the winter with a WiFi connect issue between laptop > and hot spot. While the wlan0 is coming up at boot time, it's not > allowing the laptop to connect with it in any way other than a direct > plug-in to the USB port. After digging around inside, it appears the > device phy0 is set up with an address that is different from the hot > spot that wlan0 should connect with. Connecting with anything other than > the hot spot -- library, coffee shop -- is not an issue, it connects > every time, everywhere. The laptop's WiFi connect setup for the hot spot > is using the correct address for making the connection, but is not > connecting wirelessly. > > Background: This is a Lenovo T500 running Mageia v4, all system files up > to date. Mageia is a fork of Mandriva (Mandrake prior to that) from > several years ago. > > Bob Wallace > Wintering in Phoenix