NetworkManager - similar hassle , anyone ?

[Arthur Pemberton]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:39 AM, Kenn Thyrsted <fedora at thyrsted.net> wrote:
>
>  tor, 10 04 2008 kl. 11:31 -0400, skrev John W. Linville:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 07:19:39PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>  > > John W. Linville wrote:
>  > >
>  > > >
>  > > >I don't think NM supports static IP in F8.  I don't know if it does
>  > > >in rawhide or not, but I know that is a planned feature.
>  > >
>  > > It does but there isn't a configuration gui built in yet. You can use
>  > > system-config-network to define it and NM pick that up.
>  >
>  > Ah, that sounds like what the OP was doing.  Was he using F8?
>  >
>  > --
>  > John W. Linville
>  > linville at redhat.com
>  >
>
>  Yes, i'm using F8.
>
>  It works, by disabling NM, + setting static IP,mask and GW using
>  system-config-network.
>
>  HOWEVER it semes that Pidgin, Evolution and auto-updater is so focused
>  on NM that these programs don't work as (i) expected.
>
>
>  Evolution now starts offline, and pidgin won't connect but is left in a
>  state of "waiting for network connection".
>
>  And i'm notified that my system isn't receiving any updates due to lack
>  of network connectivity.
>
>  Just because NM doesnt have a network connection (NM=disabled) this -
>  false - state shouldn't propagate to other programs wich just need a
>  network connection, - wich, in fact, there _is_ ..
>
>  Kenn

Seems like a weird assumption for programs to make. Having a wifi link
doesn't imply internet access either. Maybe there should be a seperate
daemon which keeps track of the level of connectivity, eg. ping
google.com to verify connectivity to the internet.
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