No Network After Recent Upgrades

[SathyaBhat]

Hi guys, I just upgraded to KDE 4.2 and that (I don't know how) seems to have broken up wireless totally, is it related to PolicyKit? as I noticed that policykit is installed alsong with KDE 4.2. Prior to this, on KDE 3.5.10 and KDE 4.1 wireless worked flawlessly, and after the update to KDE 4.2, I can't connect wirelessly, though I can connect using a LAN cable.
Any ideas ?

I'm using KDE 4.2, Sabayon 4 r1x86/64. I have a iwl3945,

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[mobilehunter]

I have same problem. But i believe it's not because kde 4.2.
I did world upgrade 1 version before kde 4.2 introduced to entropy.
And my wireless stop functioning until now.

i also have iwl3945.

[curse]

my wireless also stopped working, may it be because of networkmanager 0.7.0?
I went through all conf updates and saw nothing that would remove my wireless

[madcow983]

Hello.
i have updated the networkmanager from the 0.6 version to the 0.7 and .... nothing work
while networkmanager is still connecting (or not connected at all) to the wireless i can load the application, after that it establish the connection i can't.
if I disconnet the connection i can open the programs again....

i hope that the problem is clear.... can someone help me?
I also don't know how to install the previous version because in entropy there is only the new one!
i was forgetting to say that I use sabayon 4 MCE and gnome

thank'youuu

[Fitzcarraldo]

The package networkmanager-0.7.0 is masked in Portage, and does not work either on my laptop. I just downgraded to networkmanager-0.6.6-r1 and wired and wireless networking work fine again.

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$ eix networkmanager
[I] kde-misc/knetworkmanager
     Available versions:  (~)0.2.1_pre20071119 (~)0.2.1_pre20071119[1] (~)0.2.1_pre20071119-r1[1] (~)0.2.1_p20071228 (~)0.2.2_p20080528 {arts cisco debug dialup elibc_FreeBSD networksettings openvpn pptp xinerama}
     Installed versions:  0.2.2_p20080528(05:29:38 PM 01/31/2009)(arts xinerama -cisco -debug -dialup -elibc_FreeBSD -openvpn -pptp)
     Homepage:            http://en.opensuse.org/Projects/KNetworkManager
     Description:         A KDE frontend for NetworkManager

[I] net-misc/networkmanager
     Available versions:  (~)0.6.5-r4[1] (~)0.6.5-r5[1] (~)0.6.5-r6[1] 0.6.5_p20070823 0.6.5_p20070823-r1[1] 0.6.5_p20070823-r2[1] 0.6.6 (~)0.6.6-r1[1] [M](~)0.7.0 {applet crypt debug dhclient dhcpcd doc gnome gnutls nss resolvconf}
     Installed versions:  0.6.6-r1[1](12:59:43 AM 02/01/2009)(crypt -debug -doc -gnome)
     Homepage:            http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
     Description:         Network configuration and management in an easy way. Desktop environment independent.

[I] net-misc/networkmanager-openvpn
     Available versions:  (~)0.3.2_p20070621 [M](~)0.7.0 {crypt debug doc gnome}
     Installed versions:  0.3.2_p20070621(05:29:49 PM 01/31/2009)(crypt -debug -doc -gnome)
     Homepage:            http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
     Description:         NetworkManager OpenVPN plugin.

* net-misc/networkmanager-pptp
     Available versions:  [M](~)0.1.0_p20070726 [M](~)0.7.0 {crypt debug doc gnome}
     Homepage:            http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
     Description:         NetworkManager PPTP plugin.

[I] net-misc/networkmanager-vpnc
     Available versions:  (~)0.6.4_p20070621 [M](~)0.7.0 {crypt debug doc gnome}
     Installed versions:  0.6.4_p20070621(05:29:49 PM 01/31/2009)(crypt -debug -doc -gnome)
     Homepage:            http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
     Description:         NetworkManager VPNC plugin.

* xfce-extra/pynetworkmanager [1]
     Available versions:  (~)0.7 {doc}
     Homepage:            http://code.google.com/p/pynetworkmanager/
     Description:         Xfce4 Panel Plugin that connects to NetworkManager through DBUS.

[1] "sabayon" /usr/local/portage/layman/sabayon

Found 6 matches.


Do the following:

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emerge --sync
layman -S
emerge -1v =networkmanager-0.6.6-r1

[madcow983]

thank'you fitzcarraldo!
now with the old version i've no more problems!

but just one question (maybe just Fabio can answer)
Why you put on entropy networkmanager not masked while is still masked on portage? especially a 0.7.0.0 version!

[joost]

Needed for KDE 4.2.0

Also its NOT masked in portage because it doesn`t function incorrect. Its masked because it needs policykit and policykit is masked due some vague reasons..

We tested this all before we put it in entropy and as per 1000+ people installed this update and you seem the only one to have a problem i think its a very local thing..



P.S. next time post some logs so we have an idea about the problem.

[madcow983]

Thank you for the really clear answer!
I'm really lucky so!

I hope i've not to post some logs but in case i'll do it!

[SathyaBhat]

I'm guessing its PolicyKit thing. I distinctly remember getting a PolicyKit error while launching Knetworkmanager from the terminal

[wolfden]

downgrade networkmanager and see if that helps - seems many having issues