NetworkManager, netapplet, and ipw2200

sog · Guru Joined: 04 Apr 2004 Posts: 356

don't know the answer to all of that, but i do not have net.eth* in my default runlevel - NM takes care of that for me
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bhogg · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 96

Hi,

I'm trying to install networkmanager 0.6.0 (or any other version) using the gentopia ebuilds. I had to add this package and all associated ebuilds to package.keywords (am I missing something or is this always needed for gentopia stuff?), but still received the following during the configure check:

seiichiro0185 · Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:32 pm Post subject:

a simple emerge dev-libs/libnl before merging NetworkManager solved that for me (after adding libnl to package.keywords)

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bhogg · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 96

Thanks for the quick reply... that nearly got it working. It emerged without incident, but when nm-applet is run as a user or as root:

sog · Guru Joined: 04 Apr 2004 Posts: 356

run this:

gtk-update-icon-cache -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor/
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bhogg · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 96

Getting closer...

I found that command just before you posted the reply

After starting NetworkManager and running nm-applet, the icon is displayed and is providing a list of wirless APs. But similarily to other times I've tried to get NetworkManager working (ie. SuSE, FC4, etc) it will not actually connect to the AP when the WEP key is provided (after clicking on the desired AP in the list). I'm also getting these error messages in the terminal window:

bhogg · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 96

Anyone know what the above errors mean, and how they can be fixed?

NetworkManager will list the AP's no problem, but will not actually connect to them.

icantux · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Posts: 122

Did you try version 0.6.1? Seems 0.6.1 came out only 10 days after 0.60 was released.

thepi · Guru Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 352 Location: Tokyo, Japan

bhogg: I guess your local or global dbus session isn't running.
Make sure that dbus is in the default (NOT boot) runlevel:

Hazzl · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:54 pm Post subject: Problems with Netorkmanager

Since this seems to be the official NetworkManager support thread I'll post here. Any input at all would be greatly appreaciated :wink:

I can't manage to get NetworkManager to associate with my network

neonblind · n00b Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 47

well, thanks to this thread I got networkmanager to run properly except for one thing: dhcp won't work. I've tried just about anything I can think of, but still, no luck...

here is the log:

seiichiro0185 · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject:

make sure you use dhcp from the gentopia overlay and have dbus USE-flag enabled, I had the same message with dhcp from portage and without dbus in USE for dhcp.

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neonblind · n00b Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 47

thanks! that did it!

but now, it seems that dhcp does not get any response from the router.

here is the log:

vladanian · Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 5:20 pm Post subject: dhcp isn't in gentopia

I'm having trouble with dhcp and networkmanager from gentopia -- I've seen this suggestion about using dhcp from gentopia's overlay, but there's no dhcp in gentopia's overlay right now. Right?

seiichiro0185 · Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 8:23 pm Post subject:

just checked gentopia overlay and you are right, there is no ebuild for dhcp in gentopia right now. I dont know which dhcp version is supposed to work with NM or why they took it out.

[UPDATE] dhcp-3.0.3_p1 from BreakMyGentoo overlay works with networkmanager [/UPDATE]

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UberLord · Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:20 am Post subject:

dhcp-3.0.3-r7 and newer in Gentoo's portage work with NetworkManager. At least that's what one of the Gentopia guys told me.
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vladanian · Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 8:25 pm Post subject: bmg's dhcp didn't do it

The gentopia guys might be right, because bmg's dhcp didn't fix my problem. I'm failing to get an IP address from my router in exactly the same way I was with the most recent portage dhcp.

One thing -- when dbus starts, it complains about unknown user "named" -- I don't know if this has anything to do with the trouble I'm having...

sudo /etc/init.d/dbus restart
* Stopping NetworkManager ... [ ok ]
* Stopping dhcdbd ... [ ok ]
* Stopping Hardware Abstraction Layer daemon ... [ ok ]
* Stopping D-BUS system messagebus ... [ ok ]
* Starting D-BUS system messagebus ...
Unknown username "named" in message bus configuration file [ ok ]
* Starting dhcdbd ... [ ok ]
* Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer daemon ... [ ok ]
* Starting NetworkManager ... [ ok ]

vladanian

In case anyone has the same wifi+networkmanager+dhcp problem I did, my solution was upgrading to the ~x86 wpa_supplicant, net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-0.5.3.

I don't think the missing named user had anything to do with it, but I created one to match the named user on one of my dapper drake boxes anyway.

Stormblazer · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 2:03 am Post subject:

Same problem it won't connect, but I don't use DHCP (don't ask me too, I personally hate dhcp with a passion, simply because it gets in the way of everything, especially port forwarding).
I can get the applet to load and it lists connections etc, it just refuses to connect.
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tane_stelzer · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 11:02 am Post subject:

Hey vladanian did u resolve your problem about dbus and username "named". I have the same but can't seem to find the config file i have to chagne sth. Any ideas anybody??
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tomkro · n00b Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 7 Location: Ffm

hi,
I got the same problem. netwokmanager lists the interfaces but gives me always an IP: 169.x.x.x where it should be 192.168.x.x. When I ran dhclient manually from command prommt it gives the correct IP and I am connectet.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
tom

frozenJim · Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:22 pm Post subject: Will it ever be in Portage?

These NetworkManager threads have been around since 2002. Originally the problem was something to do with the "gentoo backend" not being compatible (or some such techno-jargon). Apparently that is no longer the case.

UberLord · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:25 am Post subject: Re: Will it ever be in Portage?

sepp · Guru Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 330

It seems like network manager is only good for managing dhcp networks. but how about custom configured wired connections? I often shift places with my laptop but need to have a fixed IP at those places. dhcd is not an option. so network manger won't help me here, right?

UberLord · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:45 am Post subject: