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FS#18013 - [kdeplasma-applets-networkmanager] does not work after networkmanager update

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Georg Grabler (STiAT) - Tuesday, 26 January 2010, 12:31 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Wednesday, 03 February 2010, 16:58 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Testing
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Ionut Biru (wonder)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Since I had a bug in the NetworkManager / KNetworkManager, I wanted to test the "new" packages in the testing repo.
Obviously, the build of extra/kdeplasma-applets-networkmanager does not really work with the ~/testing version, at least not for pptp. I can't even see my pptp interface, what works fine with the networkmanager in extra (allthough, there I have another problem).

Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
Install knetworkmanager 0.7.999 and try to manage devices / mobile devices with KNetworkManager - does not work.

Please request additional info (if needed).
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Closed by  Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Wednesday, 03 February 2010, 16:58 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  see comments
Comment by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Tuesday, 26 January 2010, 13:06 GMT
  • Field changed: Summary ([knetworkmanager] does not work after [networkmanager] update → [kdeplasma-applets-networkmanager] does not work after networkmanager update)
  • Field changed: Status (Unconfirmed → Researching)
  • Field changed: Architecture (x86_64 → All)
  • Task assigned to Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
when you say "testing" you mean kde-unstable, right?
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Tuesday, 26 January 2010, 13:28 GMT
we have networkmanager version in testing
Comment by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Tuesday, 26 January 2010, 13:32 GMT
oh, my mistake...I read that knetworkmanager from [testing] does not work...
I cannot test mobile devices and you need qt 4.6 to rebuild the last knetworkmanager
Comment by Georg Grabler (STiAT) - Tuesday, 26 January 2010, 15:53 GMT
I can / will rebuild KNetworkManager with Qt 4.6 in the evening. I've a Qt 4.6 installation in my kde-devel environment, maybe I can get better information / serious results by that.
Comment by Georg Grabler (STiAT) - Wednesday, 27 January 2010, 10:28 GMT
I rebuilt knetworkmanager with Qt4.6 and the "new" [testing] networkmanager (0.7.999). This "worked for me".

But as I guess, Qt 4.6 will be released with KDE 4.4 SC (in Arch ofc)? It's not that long for kde 4.4 sc though, and I'm not sure if it has an effect on other devices with knetworkmanager not working properly, since I have wlan but no spot to test it against.

If it breaks wlan etc. with kde, I'd say it would be actually blocking networkmanager from /core. Allthough - your choice ;-) .. I can downgrade and ignorepkg until a new KNW is released.
Comment by Georg Grabler (STiAT) - Wednesday, 27 January 2010, 15:21 GMT
Found the real reason now, why it worked once, and not the other time.

I installed modemmanager for another tool I used. As soon as I installed modemmanager, networkmanager-pptp works properly.

I found in the commit-logs of 0.7.999 that it more or less depends on modemmanager for "better" mobile device compatibility. As soon as I install modemmanager, everything works (testing and kde-unstable).

Seems as if for "some" broadband modems (in my case all I've tried, 3 in numbers) required modemmanager to be installed. Probably worth adding as "depend" or at least flag it optional and print a message.
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Wednesday, 27 January 2010, 15:32 GMT
modemmanager is already in optdepends for networkmanager.
Comment by Georg Grabler (STiAT) - Thursday, 28 January 2010, 17:18 GMT
I think that networkmanager-pptp really depends on it now, because with old versions i didn't need it (and it worked way better in between, probably a upstream regression).
Comment by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Wednesday, 03 February 2010, 16:54 GMT
should be added modemmanager as depends to networkmanager?
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Wednesday, 03 February 2010, 16:55 GMT
definitely no. is in optdepends and users who needs it should install it

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