Debian Bug report logs - #512286
network-manager: tray icons gives incorrect info about connection state when in manual mode

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mau <mavog@hotmail.com>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: network-manager: tray icons gives incorrect info about wireless connection state since 0.6.6-3

Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:03:03 +0100

Package: network-manager
Version: 0.6.6-2
Severity: normal

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Since network-manager 0.6.6-3, both knetworkmanager and nm-applet tray
icons start to show the wireless signal meter as soon as a wireless
network has been detected; the icon doesn't change during the connection
steps (no animation in shown) and after the connection has been established.

Downgrading network-manager to 0.6.6-2 solves this issue.

Thanks


Mau


--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-p4

Debian Release: 5.0
990 unstable ftp.de.debian.org
990 testing security.debian.org
990 testing ftp.de.debian.org
900 unstable www.debian-multimedia.org
900 unstable sidux.net
900 unstable deb.opera.com
900 testing www.debian-multimedia.org
500 testing-proposed-updates ftp.de.debian.org
500 proposed-updates ftp.de.debian.org
500 etch-wx apt.wxwidgets.org
400 unstable ftp.debian-unofficial.org
400 testing ftp.debian-unofficial.org
200 unstable sidux.com
200 stable www.debian-multimedia.org
200 stable security.debian.org
200 stable ftp.de.debian.org
150 stable ftp.debian-unofficial.org
101 experimental ftp.de.debian.org

--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
===================================-+-===============
libc6 (>= 2.7-1) | 2.7-18
libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.0.2) | 1.2.1-5
libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.71) | 0.76-1
libgcrypt11 (>= 1.4.0) | 1.4.1-2
libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0) | 2.16.6-1
libgpg-error0 (>= 1.4) | 1.4-2
libhal1 (>= 0.5.8.1) | 0.5.11-8
libiw29 (>= 28+29pre7) | 29-1.1
libnl1 | 1.1-3
libnm-util0 | 0.6.6-2
iproute | 20080725-2
dhcdbd (>= 1.12-2) | 3.0-5
lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) | 3.2-20
wpasupplicant (>= 0.4.8) | 0.6.4-3
dbus (>= 0.60) | 1.2.1-5
hal (>= 0.5.7.1) | 0.5.11-8
ifupdown | 0.6.8+nmu1
adduser | 3.110

Message #10 received at 512286@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>

To: Mau <mavog@hotmail.com>, 512286@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#512286: network-manager: tray icons gives incorrect info about wireless connection state since 0.6.6-3

Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:13:54 +0100

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Mau schrieb:
> Package: network-manager
> Version: 0.6.6-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
> 
> Since network-manager 0.6.6-3, both knetworkmanager and nm-applet tray
> icons start to show the wireless signal meter as soon as a wireless
> network has been detected; the icon doesn't change during the connection
> steps (no animation in shown) and after the connection has been established.
> 
> Downgrading network-manager to 0.6.6-2 solves this issue.

I guess you are using a static configuration in /etc/network/interfaces.

See the changelog of network-manager about the manual-means-online.

I.e. if you have such a configuration, NM assumes you are online, thus
immediately shows an established connection.


Michael


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Message #15 received at 512286@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mau <mavog@hotmail.com>

To: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>

Cc: 512286@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#512286: network-manager: tray icons gives incorrect info about wireless connection state since 0.6.6-3

Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:29:54 +0100

Hi Michael

Il 19/01/2009 12:13, Michael Biebl ha scritto:
> I guess you are using a static configuration in /etc/network/interfaces.

yes, I'm using netplugd for my wired ethernet device because I need both
the wired and the wireless interface working at the same time (and still
couldn't get a working nm 0.7.0).

> See the changelog of network-manager about the manual-means-online.

I already read it, but only the wired connection is manually configured,
the wireless card is managed by network-manager: I expected to notice a
change only in offline mode.

> I.e. if you have such a configuration, NM assumes you are online, thus
> immediately shows an established connection.

In my opinion, network-manager allows convenient wireless connections
management and monitoring: one can easily see if the connection has been
successfully established, or if dropped, and take the necessary
countermeasures. If the icon behaviour is not consistent, most of these
benefits are lost.

I think network-manager should forcibly assume to be online only as a
last resort (if no managed network connections are already up or going
to be established), but should follow a normal behaviour otherwise. This
should solve the issues with nm-aware applications (and give the
possibility to start a vpn connection also when offline) while
preserving consistent meaning of the icons and monitoring usefulness.

My 2 cents.

Thanks

Mau

Message #34 received at 512286-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>

To: 512286-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#512286: fixed in network-manager 0.9.4.0-9

Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:33:06 +0000

Source: network-manager
Source-Version: 0.9.4.0-9

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
network-manager, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 512286@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> (supplier of updated network-manager package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:10:11 +0100
Source: network-manager
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Architecture: source amd64
Version: 0.9.4.0-9
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team <pkg-utopia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
Description: 
 gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 - GObject introspection data for NetworkManager
 libnm-glib-dev - network management framework (GLib interface)
 libnm-glib-vpn-dev - network management framework (GLib interface)
 libnm-glib-vpn1 - network management framework (GLib VPN shared library)
 libnm-glib4 - network management framework (GLib shared library)
 libnm-util-dev - network management framework (development files)
 libnm-util2 - network management framework (shared library)
 network-manager - network management framework (daemon and userspace tools)
 network-manager-dbg - network management framework (debugging symbols)
 network-manager-dev - network management framework (development files)
Closes: 475188 512286 606268 656584 688355 690987
Changes: 
 network-manager (0.9.4.0-9) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Change the ifupdown dispatcher script and set ADDRFAM to "inet" or "inet6"
     depending on whether the connection has a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address.
     Using "NetworkManager" as ADDRFAM type did confuse most ifupdown hook
     scripts and e.g. broke async NFS mounts. (Closes: #475188, #656584)
   * debian/patches/05-force-online-with-unmanaged-devices.patch: If network
     interfaces are configured in /etc/network/interfaces, NM will mark those
     devices as unmanaged by default. If such a network interface has been
     brought up by ifup, set the global online state to CONNECTED.
     (Closes: #512286)
   * No longer run the ifblacklist_migrate.sh script upon installation. This
     script was used to comment out DHCP type network interface configurations
     in /etc/network/interfaces as otherwise NM would mark such devices as
     unmanaged. This script was buggy though and sometimes created a broken
     network configuration.
     Since debian-installer in wheezy (7.0) will create proper configuration
     for NM if the network-manager package is part of the installation, this is
     no longer necessary.
     If users make a minimal system installation and install the
     network-manager package afterwards, show a warning in postinst if we
     find any interface configurations in /etc/network/interfaces.
     (Closes: #688355, #690987, #606268)
   * Update README.Debian for the latest changes.
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