Comment 187 for bug 50214

Gene,

oops, yes, I meant the reply to you! I've also been using linux for 4
years, and I know enough to figure things out - I don't need step-by-step
instructions (although they certainly help!). Having said that, I use
Ubuntu precisely because it doesn't force me to become an O/S expert - but
I'm still free to tinker with the bits I find interesting.

I'll continue to try out betas and submit bugs related to my hardware - it's
in my interest after all! I would like to be able to build and test patches
running from the beta cd, not installed, as I also don't have a spare
testing machine or unlimited bandwidth. I don't know if that's even
possible.

cheers,

Matt

On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 4:10 AM, Gene Caldwell <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Matt,
> Correct me if I'm wrong here but I think you meant your address to me, not
> to Alexander. Alexander is the guy who is providing the patches and is
> trying to get this bug fixed for all of us, he's the guy who knows how to do
> all this stuff. It's funny tho, you seem to have the very same background
> as I do. however I am no longer able to work in my chosen profession. I
> choose to try to stay involved however I can. And like you, I have found it
> very difficult to gain enough of the requested talent that is needed to
> provide feed back to these guys on the patches et-al. locating the much
> needed details or how-to's has also been been hopeless for me. I continue
> trying tho much like your self. its been over 4 years now for me since I
> started using linux and I still consider myself a newbie. lol, I guess since
> I cannot patch my own system shows I still am a newbie.
> Gene
>
> --
> can't connect to hidden network
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/50214
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>
> Status in NetworkManager: Fix Released
> Status in Source Package "network-manager" in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in Source Package "knetworkmanager" in Baltix GNU/Linux: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Since I installed dapper clean from CD, NM won't connect to my own hidden
> network., however it did before. The network was even in the list after a
> few seconds, the new feature of reverse mac scanning in 0.6.2.
>
> Now even if I use "connect to other network" and I enter everything in
> there, the connection won't be a success. Not hiding the SSID solves the
> problem immediately, just as manually connecting to the AP with iwconfig
> eth1 essid <mine> ...
>