I have an Acer TravelMate 8210 with the ipw3945 chipset, running Gusty Tribe 5 fully updated via Update Manager.

I cannot connect to Open or WPA Networks.

I have modprobed, dbus'ed and switched on an off - with no luck.

I have tried network-manager and iwconfig.  The networks are visible in both applications, but I cannot connect to them with either - leading me to believe there is a kernel / ip3945 interaction problem.  

Wired works fine.

Here is my syslog from a network-manager connection attempt.  Eth0 is my wired interface, Eth1 is my ipw3945 interface.
The short description is "it just sits and spins...."  ;)

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Aug 27 21:39:43 Fry kernel: [46151.400000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
^[[A^[[BAug 27 21:39:49 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  User request to enable wireless. 
Aug 27 21:39:49 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  nm_policy_device_change_check:: old_dev has_link? 1 
Aug 27 21:39:49 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  nm_policy_device_change_check:: old_dev && new_dev!! 
Aug 27 21:39:50 Fry kernel: [46158.980000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:39:58 Fry kernel: [46166.564000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:40:03 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  nm_policy_device_change_check:: old_dev has_link? 1 
Aug 27 21:40:03 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  nm_policy_device_change_check:: old_dev && new_dev!! 
Aug 27 21:40:05 Fry kernel: [46174.148000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:40:08 Fry NetworkManager: <debug> [1188268808.518903] nm_device_802_11_wireless_get_activation_ap(): Forcing AP 'Skippy' 
Aug 27 21:40:08 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  User Switch: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1 / Skippy 
Aug 27 21:40:08 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device eth1. 
Aug 27 21:40:08 Fry avahi-daemon[28208]: Withdrawing address record for 169.254.5.252 on eth1.
Aug 27 21:40:08 Fry avahi-daemon[28208]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth1.IPv4 with address 169.254.5.252.
Aug 27 21:40:08 Fry avahi-daemon[28208]: Interface eth1.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Aug 27 21:40:08 Fry dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth1 for sub-path eth1.dbus.get.reason
Aug 27 21:40:08 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Device eth1 activation scheduled... 
Aug 27 21:40:08 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device eth0. 
Aug 27 21:40:08 Fry dhclient: There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 28642
Aug 27 21:40:08 Fry dhclient: killed old client process, removed PID file
Aug 27 21:40:08 Fry dhclient: DHCPRELEASE on eth0 to 192.168.77.1 port 67
Aug 27 21:40:08 Fry avahi-daemon[28208]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.77.104 on eth0.
Aug 27 21:40:08 Fry avahi-daemon[28208]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.77.104.
Aug 27 21:40:08 Fry avahi-daemon[28208]: Interface eth0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Aug 27 21:40:09 Fry avahi-daemon[28208]: Withdrawing address record for fe80::216:36ff:fe89:7fb5 on eth0.
Aug 27 21:40:09 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) started... 
Aug 27 21:40:09 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... 
Aug 27 21:40:09 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... 
Aug 27 21:40:10 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... 
Aug 27 21:40:10 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. 
Aug 27 21:40:10 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... 
Aug 27 21:40:10 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1/wireless): access point 'Skippy' is unencrypted, no key needed. 
Aug 27 21:40:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  SUP: sending command 'INTERFACE_ADD eth1^I^Iwext^I/var/run/wpa_supplicant^I' 
Aug 27 21:40:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  SUP: response was 'OK' 
Aug 27 21:40:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  SUP: sending command 'AP_SCAN 1' 
Aug 27 21:40:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  SUP: response was 'OK' 
Aug 27 21:40:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  SUP: sending command 'ADD_NETWORK' 
Aug 27 21:40:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  SUP: response was '0' 
Aug 27 21:40:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 536b69707079' 
Aug 27 21:40:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  SUP: response was 'OK' 
Aug 27 21:40:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt NONE' 
Aug 27 21:40:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  SUP: response was 'OK' 
Aug 27 21:40:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  SUP: sending command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0' 
Aug 27 21:40:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  SUP: response was 'OK' 
Aug 27 21:40:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. 
Aug 27 21:40:13 Fry kernel: [46181.732000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:40:20 Fry kernel: [46189.320000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:40:28 Fry NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_device_802_11_wireless_get_essid(): error getting ESSID for device eth1: Resource temporarily unavailable 
Aug 27 21:40:28 Fry kernel: [46196.904000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:40:36 Fry kernel: [46204.488000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:40:43 Fry kernel: [46212.072000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:40:51 Fry kernel: [46219.656000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:40:52 Fry dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
Aug 27 21:40:57 Fry dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
Aug 27 21:40:58 Fry NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_device_802_11_wireless_get_essid(): error getting ESSID for device eth1: Resource temporarily unavailable 
Aug 27 21:40:58 Fry kernel: [46227.240000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:41:04 Fry dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18
Aug 27 21:41:06 Fry kernel: [46234.824000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:41:06 Fry NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_device_802_11_wireless_get_essid(): error getting ESSID for device eth1: Resource temporarily unavailable 
Aug 27 21:41:14 Fry kernel: [46242.408000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:41:21 Fry kernel: [46249.996000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:41:22 Fry dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 1
Aug 27 21:41:23 Fry dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
Aug 27 21:41:23 Fry dhclient: No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
Aug 27 21:41:29 Fry kernel: [46257.580000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:41:36 Fry NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_device_802_11_wireless_get_essid(): error getting ESSID for device eth1: Resource temporarily unavailable 
Aug 27 21:41:36 Fry kernel: [46265.164000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:41:44 Fry kernel: [46272.748000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:41:51 Fry kernel: [46280.340000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:41:59 Fry kernel: [46287.924000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:42:07 Fry kernel: [46295.508000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1/wireless): association took too long (>120s), failing activation. 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) failure scheduled... 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) failed for access point (Skippy) 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth1) failed. 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device eth1. 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  SUP: sending command 'DISABLE_NETWORK 0' 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  SUP: response was 'OK' 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  SWITCH: no current connection, found better connection 'eth0'. 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  nm_policy_device_change_check:: lets try to switch device! 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Will activate connection 'eth0'. 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Device eth0 activation scheduled... 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) started... 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled. 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. 
Aug 27 21:42:11 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started... 
Aug 27 21:42:12 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Beginning DHCP transaction. 
Aug 27 21:42:12 Fry dhclient: There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.eth0.pid with pid 134812041
Aug 27 21:42:12 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete. 
Aug 27 21:42:12 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  DHCP daemon state is now 12 (successfully started) for interface eth0 
Aug 27 21:42:12 Fry avahi-autoipd(eth1)[28786]: SIOCSIFFLAGS failed: Permission denied
Aug 27 21:42:12 Fry avahi-autoipd(eth1)[28786]: Callout STOP, address 169.254.5.252 on interface eth1
Aug 27 21:42:12 Fry dhclient: receive_packet failed on eth1: Network is down
Aug 27 21:42:12 Fry avahi-autoipd(eth1)[28787]: client: RTNETLINK answers: Cannot assign requested address
Aug 27 21:42:12 Fry avahi-autoipd(eth1)[28787]: Script execution failed with return value 2
Aug 27 21:42:13 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  DHCP daemon state is now 1 (starting) for interface eth0 
Aug 27 21:42:14 Fry kernel: [46303.096000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.77.1
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.77.1
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry avahi-daemon[28208]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.77.104.
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry avahi-daemon[28208]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv4 for mDNS.
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry avahi-daemon[28208]: Registering new address record for 192.168.77.104 on eth0.IPv4.
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  DHCP daemon state is now 2 (bound) for interface eth0 
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) scheduled... 
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) started... 
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry dhclient: bound to 192.168.77.104 -- renewal in 39134 seconds.
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth0 for sub-path eth0.dbus.get.host_name
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth0 for sub-path eth0.dbus.get.nis_domain
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth0 for sub-path eth0.dbus.get.nis_servers
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Retrieved the following IP4 configuration from the DHCP daemon: 
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry NetworkManager: <info>    address 192.168.77.104 
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry NetworkManager: <info>    netmask 255.255.255.0 
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry NetworkManager: <info>    broadcast 192.168.77.255 
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry NetworkManager: <info>    gateway 192.168.77.1 
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry NetworkManager: <info>    nameserver 216.167.161.35 
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry NetworkManager: <info>    nameserver 216.167.161.36 
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry NetworkManager: <info>    domain name 'nts-online.net' 
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) scheduled... 
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) complete. 
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) started... 
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry avahi-daemon[28208]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.77.104 on eth0.
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry avahi-daemon[28208]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.77.104.
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry avahi-daemon[28208]: Interface eth0.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry avahi-daemon[28208]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.77.104.
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry avahi-daemon[28208]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv4 for mDNS.
Aug 27 21:42:17 Fry avahi-daemon[28208]: Registering new address record for 192.168.77.104 on eth0.IPv4.
Aug 27 21:42:18 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Clearing nscd hosts cache. 
Aug 27 21:42:18 Fry NetworkManager: <WARN>  nm_spawn_process(): nm_spawn_process('/usr/sbin/nscd -i hosts'): could not spawn process. (Failed to execute child process "/usr/sbin/nscd" (No such file or directory))  
Aug 27 21:42:18 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  nm_device_set_active_link start 
Aug 27 21:42:18 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) successful, device activated. 
Aug 27 21:42:18 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Finish handler scheduled. 
Aug 27 21:42:18 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete. 
Aug 27 21:42:18 Fry ntpdate[28933]: adjust time server 82.211.81.145 offset -0.029020 sec
Aug 27 21:42:18 Fry kernel: [46307.320000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
Aug 27 21:42:19 Fry avahi-daemon[28208]: Registering new address record for fe80::216:36ff:fe89:7fb5 on eth0.*.
Aug 27 21:42:22 Fry kernel: [46310.680000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:42:28 Fry kernel: [46316.456000] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
Aug 27 21:42:28 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  nm_policy_device_change_check:: old_dev has_link? 1 
Aug 27 21:42:28 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  nm_policy_device_change_check:: old_dev && new_dev!! 
Aug 27 21:42:29 Fry kernel: [46318.264000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:42:37 Fry kernel: [46325.848000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:42:45 Fry kernel: [46333.432000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:42:52 Fry kernel: [46341.012000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
Aug 27 21:42:58 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  nm_policy_device_change_check:: old_dev has_link? 1 
Aug 27 21:42:58 Fry NetworkManager: <info>  nm_policy_device_change_check:: old_dev && new_dev!! 
Aug 27 21:43:00 Fry kernel: [46348.596000] ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)