Network Manager 0.7.0-0.3.svn2970 broken?!

[Stefan Grosse]

On Thursday 11 October 2007 21:11:54 Dan Williams wrote:
DW > Could you post some logs (or send them to me directly or attach to a bug
DW > report) from /var/log/messages during a connection attempt?
DW >
DW > Dan

OK, here is the log from the kernel booting (NM part):

Oct 11 21:32:13 noname kernel: r8169: eth0: link up
Oct 11 21:32:13 noname kernel: r8169: eth0: link up
Oct 11 21:32:43 noname NetworkManager: <info>  starting...
Oct 11 21:32:43 noname NetworkManager: <info>  eth0: Device is fully-supported 
using driver 'r8169'.
Oct 11 21:32:43 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Now managing wired Ethernet 
(802.3) device 'eth0'.
Oct 11 21:32:43 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Bringing down device eth0
Oct 11 21:32:43 noname dhclient: receive_packet failed on eth0: Network is 
down
Oct 11 21:32:45 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Bringing up device eth0
Oct 11 21:32:45 noname kernel: r8169: eth0: link up
Oct 11 21:32:45 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device eth0.
Oct 11 21:32:45 noname NetworkManager: <info>  wlan0: Device is 
fully-supported using driver 'iwl3945'.
Oct 11 21:32:45 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Now managing wireless (802.11) 
device 'wlan0'.
Oct 11 21:32:45 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Bringing up device wlan0
Oct 11 21:32:45 noname kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Oct 11 21:32:45 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device wlan0.

So no network if I start my KDE session. Interestingly if I start nm-applet 
manually in console (havent found it in the KDE menus) eth0 seems to work:

Oct 11 21:35:50 noname NetworkManager: <info>  SWITCH: no current connection, 
found better connection 'Auto Ethernet (eth0)'.
Oct 11 21:35:50 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Activating device eth0
Oct 11 21:35:50 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 
(Device Prepare) scheduled...
Oct 11 21:35:50 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 
(Device Prepare) started...
Oct 11 21:35:50 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 
(Device Configure) scheduled...
Oct 11 21:35:50 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 
(Device Prepare) complete.
Oct 11 21:35:50 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 
(Device Configure) starting...
Oct 11 21:35:50 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 
(Device Configure) successful.
Oct 11 21:35:50 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 
(IP Configure Start) scheduled.
Oct 11 21:35:50 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 
(Device Configure) complete.
Oct 11 21:35:50 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 
(IP Configure Start) started...
Oct 11 21:35:50 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Beginning 
DHCP transaction.
Oct 11 21:35:50 noname NetworkManager: <info>  dhclient started with pid 3294
Oct 11 21:35:50 noname NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 
(IP Configure Start) complete.