[SOLVED] Re: [F21] NetworkManager won't connect

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On 17.01.2015 14:31, Marco Guazzone wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 9:39 AM, antonio <antonio.montagnani at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Marco Guazzone ha scrito il 17/01/2015 alle 09:16:
>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Marco Guazzone
>>> <marco.guazzone at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I have connectivity problem since the last two updates of NM.
>>>> Specifically, when I boot the system and I log in in the graphical
>>>> environment (XFCE in my case), the NM applet continuesly animates,
>>>> trying to connect to my network.
>>>> I can wait any time (actually I've tried for a max waiting time of 10
>>>> minutes), but NM seems to have trouble to connect.
>>>> In order to connect I have to:
>>>> 1. Right-click on the NM applet and deselect "Enable Networking". The
>>>> applet stops animating
>>>> 2. Again, right-click on the NM applet and re-select "Enable
>>>> Networking". Now, NM successfully connects to the network.
>>>>
>>>> Am I alone to experience such problem?
>>>>
>>>> The NM version is 0.9.10.1-1.2.20150109git for Fedora 21 x86_64
>>>
>>>
>>> I've just updated NM to the version that is currently in updates-testing
>>>    http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=604111
>>> and the problem seems to be fixed.
>>>
>>> Bye,
>>>
>>> -- Marco
>>>
>> I am experiencing a similar issue:
>>
>> sometimes NM doesn't connect to my wireless network, I have to switch to a
>> different wireless net, then back to my network: but if only one network is
>> available, I have to switch off and on NM
>>
> 
> In my case, the patched NM solved the problem.
> 
> If you want, you can try it as follows:
> 1. Enable the yum repo /etc/yum.d/fedora-updates-testing.repo
>    $ sudo vi /etc/yum.d/fedora-updates-testing.repo

$ rpm -qf /etc/yum.d/fedora-updates-testing.repo
error: file /etc/yum.d/fedora-updates-testing.repo: No such file or directory

$ rpm -qf /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates-testing.repo
fedora-repos-21-2.noarch

>    (change "enabled=0" in "enabled=1")
> 2. sudo yum update NetworkManager
> 3. Disable the "feodra-updates-testing" repo
>    $ sudo vi /etc/yum.d/fedora-updates-testing.repo
>    (change "enabled=1" in "enabled=0")
> 4. Reboot and cross your fingers
> 
> 
> -- Marco
> 

These should suffice:

$ su -c 'yum --enablerepo updates-testing install/update foo bar'
$ su -c 'systemctl restart NetworkManager.service'