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

[Marco Guazzone]

On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 4:35 PM, poma <pomidorabelisima at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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'
>
>


OK. Sorry for the typo. The right repo file is the one pointed out by poma

@antonio: the procedura I've described (except for the typo) is
exactly the same one I've done. Don't know why you don't see the new
NetworkManager.

Anyway, I think it will land in the fedora-updates repo soon.

Bye

-- Marco