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Old 12-25-2009, 10:58 AM   #1
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Upgraded debian -- nm-applet does not show up


Hi,

I recently dist-upgrade my debian lenny to squeeze. Now the nm-applet refuses to show up. I can access both wired and wireless networks (i.e. it works), but I never get an icon (and hence I cannot select wireless networks). If I run it from command line, I never get the prompt back. A few lines from strace look like that:

Code:
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, -1)    = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
read(3, "\1\0010\f\0\0\0\0\f\1\0\0,\0\200\1X\3S\1S\3N\1\0\0\0\0\30}c\f", 4096) = 32
read(3, 0x9530320, 4096)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLOUT}])
writev(3, [{"&\30\2\0,\0\200\1", 8}, {NULL, 0}, {"", 0}], 3) = 8
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, -1)    = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
read(3, "\1\0011\f\0\0\0\0\f\1\0\0\204\0\200\1X\3S\1S\3N\1\0\0\0\0\30}c\f", 4096) = 32
read(3, 0x9530320, 4096)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLOUT}])
writev(3, [{"&\30\2\0\204\0\200\1", 8}, {NULL, 0}, {"", 0}], 3) = 8
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, -1)    = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
read(3, "\1\0012\f\0\0\0\0\f\1\0\0006a\200\1X\3S\1S\3N\1\0\0\0\0\30}c\f", 4096) = 32
read(3, 0x9530320, 4096)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLOUT}])
writev(3, [{"&\30\2\0006a\200\1", 8}, {NULL, 0}, {"", 0}], 3) = 8
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, -1)    = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
read(3, "\1\0013\f\0\0\0\0\f\1\0\0za\200\1X\3S\1S\3\357\0\0\0\0\0\30}c\f", 4096) = 32
read(3, 0x9530320, 4096)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLOUT}])
writev(3, [{"&\30\2\0za\200\1", 8}, {NULL, 0}, {"", 0}], 3) = 8
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, -1)    = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
read(3, "\1\0014\f\0\0\0\0\f\1\0\0qb\200\1X\3S\1S\3\357\0\0\0\0\0\30}c\f", 4096) = 32
read(3, 0x9530320, 4096)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLOUT}])
writev(3, [{"&\30\2\0qb\200\1", 8}, {NULL, 0}, {"", 0}], 3) = 8
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN}], 1, -1)    = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
read(3, "\1\0015\f\0\0\0\0\f\1\0\0\0\0\0\0X\3S\1S\3\357\0\0\0\0\0\30}c\f", 4096) = 32
read(3, 0x9530320, 4096)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLOUT}])
writev(3, [{"%\30\1\0", 4}, {NULL, 0}, {"", 0}], 3) = 4
read(3, 0x9530320, 4096)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
read(3, 0x9530320, 4096)                = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1261669714, 15804}, NULL) = 0
Anyone has a clue where to look? It may be as simple as some config/icon/... files simply missing or misconfigured...

Relevant packages:
Code:
ii  network-manager              0.7.2-2                      network management framework daemon
ii  network-manager-gnome        0.7.2-1                      network management framework (GNOME frontend)
un  network-manager-kde          <ingen>                      (ingen tilgængelig beskrivelse)
ii  network-manager-openvpn      0.7.2-1                      network management framework (OpenVPN plugin core)
ii  network-manager-openvpn-gnom 0.7.2-1                      network management framework (OpenVPN plugin GNOME GUI)
un  network-manager-pptp         <ingen>                      (ingen tilgængelig beskrivelse)
un  network-manager-pptp-gnome   <ingen>                      (ingen tilgængelig beskrivelse)
ii  network-manager-vpnc         0.7.2-1                      network management framework (VPNC plugin core)
ii  network-manager-vpnc-gnome   0.7.2-1                      network management framework (VPNC plugin GNOME GUI)
There seems to be a similar post at
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=961164
but unfortunately without any answers

Thanks in advance,
Ott
 
Old 12-31-2009, 11:12 PM   #2
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When I was playing with one of the Ubuntu netbook OS's I had similar problems with network manager, it happened after almost every update. The only thing I could do that worked was to reinstall network manager. Sometimes I had to remove all the nm packages and install wicd instead. I know Debian doesn't have the same issues as Ubuntu, but it's relatively quick and easy to try. Just back up your configuration files for the networks if you have any special settings.
 
Old 01-01-2010, 10:14 AM   #3
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Hi,

thanks for the answer. I discovered that some of my devices were wrong as well, so I opted for full upgrade.

However, the issue might have been that the new nm-applet requires gnome-setting-daemon to be running. Namely, I was using nm-applet on trayer with fvwm and just a few single gnome applications, but not gnome-settings-daemon. So, even after the upgrade I had to start that one.

Thanx!
 
  


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