Re: [gentoo-user] gnome-shell, networkmanager, wifi re-connect

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 20.12.2011 16:11, schrieb Albert W. Hopkins:

> At it's core NM is just a daemon.  The gnome/kde stuff are just
> front-ends that talk to the daemon via dbus when need-be.  So likely
> it "appears" faster when you boot because the NetworkManager service
> is already started and connecting to your AP before you even see X
> come up. When you resume, all that other machinery is already up, so
> you are waiting on the card and the AP to associate.

Another thing in the game: my home-dir is encrypted.

So afai understand NM is only able to read the settings of my user AFTER
I logged in (and mounted /home via pam_mount). Correct?

So it should be faster after resume ... ?

> Question: have you tried associateting with the AP manually?  How
> long does that take?  Have you tried associating with other APs?

I did but that was without specifically watching times ... at customers
I had other things in mind. Here in my office I currently only have that
AP available for now.

> Should not take too long unless you have a very slow connection...
> it's a 306K file (took me less than 1 second to wget).  It's uses the
> H.264 video codec so I'm guessing you don't have that.

Exactly. Never mind. Thanks anyway.

>>> Also, you didn't mention your kernel.  Could be an anomaly of
>>> your kernel/firmware.
>>
>> Latest and greatest:
>>
>> gentoo-sources-3.1.5 ~amd64 ... iwlagn-kernel-module ... with
>> firmware net-wireless/iwl6005-ucode-17.168.5.3
>>
>> lspci says:
>>
>> Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 (rev 34)
>
> Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000 here.  I guess mine's not
> "Advanced" but it's fast :D.  I'm on the 3.2 rc's but don't recall
> any issues in the 3.1 days... I'm using a different firmware though..
> the iwlwifi.. but maybe it's because my card is different.

very likely, yes.

I found my firmware by doing some trial-and-error and googling.

S