[PLUG] Sony Vaio Wireless Issue: Update

[Mike C.]

>
>   This was the same situation with wicd running instead of NM. WICD has
> nothing to do with eth0, only wireless interfaces.


=> WICD is akin to NM. It provides a GUI interface for the management of
network interfaces. Be they wired or wireless.


> It works on my Dell running Slackware-13.37/x86_64, on the Toshiba running
> Xubuntu-11.10 (which
> won't work on eth0, strangely enough), and on previous portables I've had.
>
>   So, since wlan0 can be brought UP manually, can we assume it's a NM issue
> and not a hardware issue?
>

=> I don't think it's safe to make that assumption at this point honestly
because I think you're too far past a default/vanilla install. Too many
variables to isolate the issue to NM, in my mind.

=> Rich, where is the static ip configuration on the Sony? Is it in a
networking file such as rc.inet? The reason I ask is because there's a WICD
wired network settings config file in which the static ip config can be
set. http://www.linuxcertif.com/man/5/wicd-wired-settings.conf/. This way
WICD has full control and awareness of all the network settings and can
manage them accordingly.

My gut tells me the problem is the interaction between the slackware
network config/init scripts and the network management application. Be it
WICD or NM.