update broke NetworkManager

[Kevin J. Cummings]

Kevin Kempter wrote:
> Hi All;
> 
> 
> I ran a yum update tonite and after a reboot I no longer had a copy of 
> the Network Manager in my system tray. Also I could no longer run the 
> Network Manager (nm-applet) from the command line. It ran but still 
> failed to show up in the system tray.

nm_applet runs in the Notification Area.  Did you lose your Notification 
Area?

I have 5 different applets running in mine, including Bluetooth Manager, 
Power Manager, NetworkManager Applet, Weather Report, and Volumne 
Applet.  I'd notice if all 5 disappeared from my panel....

> Plus if I ran "ifup etho" I got an error that the network was 'down'. 
> And finally I went to the network device control and it showed no devices.
> 
> 
> Fortunately I run an rsync backup before I do any updates. I ran an 
> rsync restore of the following directories and everything is back to 
> where it was before the update.
> 
> 
> bin
> boot
> etc
> lib
> lib64
> lost+found
> opt
> root
> sbin
> selinux
> srv
> usr
> var
> 
> 
> 
> Anyone have any thoughts per the Network Manager issue ?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 


-- 
Kevin J. Cummings
kjchome at rcn.com
cummings at kjchome.homeip.net
cummings at kjc386.framingham.ma.us
Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org)