knetworkmanager broken after 4.2

[Lukáš Tinkl]

Dne Wednesday 11. of February 2009 08:46:41 Anne Wilson napsal(a):
> On Wednesday 11 February 2009 04:38:32 Gerald B. Cox wrote:
> > I apologize upfront if I missed something but -  I noticed since
> > applying the 4.2 updates from the test repository that knetworkmanager
> > no longer works for me to connect to wireless.  Wired networks appear
> > to work fine.  The only way I've seen to get around this is to install
> > NetworkManager-gnome.  When this is installed knetworkmanager works
> > fine (but isn't really needed since NetworkManager-gnome is
> > installed....  duh...).
> >
> > I did some searching and found:
> > http://www.osnews.com/story/20758/KDE_4_2_Progress_New_NetworkManager_Pla
> >sm oid_Coming
> >
> > which looks like the old knetworkmanager is on the way out (or with
> > 4.2 appears already gone... ;-) )
> >
> > The new plasmoid isn't going to be distributed until 4.3 but
> > apparently is available to test with now.
> >
> > What's the current direction on this?  Use NetworkManager-gnome until
> > 4.3, make the plasmoid available to use or fix the old
> > knetworkmanager?
> >
> > That said, so far I'm really pleased with 4.2 - things appear to be
> > working fine!
>
> Confirmed.  Last night's update brought me
>
> Name        : NetworkManager               Relocations: (not relocatable)
> Version     : 0.7.0                             Vendor: Fedora Project
> Release     : 2.git20090207.fc10            Build Date: Sat 07 Feb 2009
> 02:39:06 PM GMT
> Install Date: Tue 10 Feb 2009 02:39:24 PM GMT      Build Host:
> x86-6.fedora.phx.redhat.com
> Group       : System Environment/Base       Source RPM:
> NetworkManager-0.7.0-2.git20090207.fc10.src.rpm
>
> Before that I had been using knetworkmanager with NetworkManager-gnome
> uninstalled.  This morning I could get no connection.  Installing
> NetworkManager-gnome connected immediately after a reboot.
>
> Anne

Please file a bugreport, preferably against NetworkManager if you suspect its 
recent update broke the wireless networking for networkmanager-kde
-- 
Lukáš Tinkl <ltinkl at redhat.com>
Software Engineer