problems using NetworkManager fc5 rawhide & prism

[Torgeir Veimo <torgeir pobox com>]

Am having problems using NetworkManager & nm-applet on a Thinkpad T30
with prism (orinoco_pci/hermes) setup.

I can see my access point in the nm-applet list, and successfully select
it, popping up a dialogue to enter WEP passphrase, but it doesn't seem
to communicate the passphrase to the NIC.

iwconfig output when I've set up the network manually;

dev5116   IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"*******"  Nickname:"atlantis"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: ********
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:****   Security mode:open
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=50/92  Signal level=-62 dBm  Noise level=-146 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:21  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

iwconfig output after nm-applet has tried to connect

dev5116   IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""  Nickname:"atlantis"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: ********
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=56/92  Signal level=-54 dBm  Noise level=-146 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:22  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Log output;

Jan 30 12:12:07 localhost dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not
found under /com/redhat/dhcp/dev5116 for sub-path
dev5116.dbus.get.reason
Jan 30 12:12:07 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): dev5116: link is
not ready
Jan 30 12:12:07 localhost kernel: dev5116: New link status: Connected
(0001)
Jan 30 12:12:07 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): dev5116: link
becomes ready
Jan 30 12:12:21 localhost kernel: dev5116: New link status: Disconnected
(0002)
Jan 30 12:12:21 localhost kernel: dev5116: New link status: Connected
(0001)
Jan 30 12:12:31 localhost kernel: dev5116: New link status: Disconnected
(0002)

Any ideas about where to look? My neighbour has an unsecured network
which I am unable to connect to as well using NetworkManager...

-- 
Torgeir Veimo <torgeir pobox com>