Re: [Banshee-List] "Cannot search for CD metadata"

["Brandon Perry" <bperry volatile gmail com>]

>From what I have read, NetworkManager and static IP's don't go very well together (0.7 is supposed to have better support). You can find out more here.

http://live.gnome.org/DarrenAlbers/NetworkManagerFAQ

On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Christopher S. Jones <chris userzero com> wrote:

Hi,

Thanks for your response.  I'm using Debian Testing.

Cheers,

-c

Brandon Perry wrote:
> What distro are you on right now?
>
> On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Christopher S. Jones

> <chris userzero com <mailto:chris userzero com>> wrote:
>

>     Thanks for the tip.  I've seen mention of network-manager in this
>     regard
>     but am having some problems conceptually understanding its
>     relationship
>     to Banshee (other than Banshee uses it to find Net connection).  I'm
>     using a static IP on my desktop.  Is there a way to inform
>     network-manager of my tcp/ip info so that Banshee can use it to
>     connect
>     to the Net?
>
>     Many Thanks,
>
>     Chris
>
>     Brandon Perry wrote:
>     > Yeah, I had problems with that when I was using wifiradar to get my
>     > internet connections over wifi.
>     >
>     > On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 8:25 PM, Michael Hutchinson
>     > <m j hutchinson gmail com <mailto:m j hutchinson gmail com>
>     <mailto:m j hutchinson gmail com
>     <mailto:m j hutchinson gmail com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Christopher S. Jones
>     >     <chris userzero com <mailto:chris userzero com>

>     <mailto:chris userzero com <mailto:chris userzero com>>> wrote:
>     >     > Hi All,
>     >     >
>     >     > I've just installed Banshee on Debian Sid. I like it very
>     much,
>     >     but it
>     >     > doesn't recognize song title or album/band name for
>     store-bought
>     >     cds.
>     >     > I'm assuming it fetches the info from the Web since it
>     complains
>     >     "Cannot
>     >     > search for CD metadata: there is no available internet
>     >     connection." I've
>     >     > tested my connection successfully several times (I'm writing
>     >     this from
>     >     > the same computer). Amarok and Rhythymbox both return song,
>     >     band, album
>     >     > and cover art. Anyone else run into this?
>     >
>     >     I think Banshee talks to NetworkManager over DBus to check
>     whether
>     >     there's an internet connection before trying to download
>     metadata. It
>     >     sounds like the problem's there.
>     >
>     >     --
>     >     Michael Hutchinson
>     >     http://mjhutchinson.com
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