*nm-system-settings.conf file is empty

[kp2george75]

It has been a long time since I have had wireless access with my laptop. My wireless setup was wiped out with a recent download of a group of 22 updates. I reinstalled the setup multiple times but no wireless. I re-insatlled SL6 after that but to no avail. Then I upgraded to SL7-x86 to no avail. Today, I upgraded to SL7-amd-64 but it did not help either. The wireless setup still will not work. But, I may have found a reason and I need some expert help in correcting the problem which is as follows:

My *nm-system-settings.conf file is empty - 0 bytes! I thought that it should have 70 bytes in it? equo conf update does not touch it but then I do not have internet access handy. Re-installation of SL6 or SL7 does not correct it.

Can anyone help me solve this problem? THANKS

HP-dv6800, RAM 2 G, NVIDIA-7150, 500 GB HD, dual booting w/Vista

[kp2george75]

A download and update today of 40+ files via Ethernet [Solved] my problem of no bytes in my *nm-system-settings.conf file. However, I still cannot alter and save the file to get automatic wireless service as described previously by Kashiura.

I did manually set up wireless again today which gave me internet access for between 2 and 5 minutes each time before my wireless connection suddenly crashed and wiped the setup out. I set it up again, rebooted, and it did or did not connect again after many tries and reboots. I have had less than 10 minutes of wireless connection in the last 90+ minutes. Is the new broadband driver update today to blame in any way for the crashes? Does anyone else have this problem?

I need help, but at this advanced stage of frustration, I hardly know what help to ask for except for someone to fix the wireless problem. Thanks, in advance, for your help and consideration.

[joe74]

I'm suffering something like this now.

It happened in this order:

1. equo conf update tells me I have two packages with no use and they should be removed

2. I removed those packages, considering they don't seem to be of use

3. Entropy store tells me I have two updates... Surprise: the two packages I have just removed

4. I reinstalled them. I rebooted.

5. Have no NetworkManager Icon on gnome superior panel

7. Tried to run NetworkManager via terminal and I got this error about a wimax lib not accesing certain shared file.

8. I opened network setup and after configuring my wireless home connection it says there has been an error saving data.

I tried so many stuff to regain access to my network devices with no luck at all. Now I found this post here and I see it's suspiciously like my problem after updating.

Any clue beyond what kp2george75 has exposed?