[gnome-network] Bug#602972: gnome-nettool: Gnome-nettool, ran from terminal, is trying to run ping using /bin/ping ping and doesn't work

[Ron <neoleper gmail com>]

Package: gnome-nettool
Version: 2.30.0-2
Severity: important

I can't ping using gnome-nettool. I ran it as root from ther terminal, it
brought up the gui. What it is trying to do is this.

command: /bin/ping ping -b -c 5 -n google.com

If I try running the same exact think from the terminal it doesn't work either
-

# /bin/ping ping -b -c 5 -n google.com
PING google.com (72.14.204.103) 56(124) bytes of data.

--- google.com ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4005ms

However if I take out the /bin/ping or the ping and just run either -

# /bin/ping -b -c 5 -n google.com or ping -b -c 5 -n google.com it works -
64 bytes from 72.14.204.99: icmp_req=1 ttl=53 time=51.5 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.204.99: icmp_req=2 ttl=53 time=38.5 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.204.99: icmp_req=3 ttl=53 time=39.7 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.204.99: icmp_req=4 ttl=53 time=38.0 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.204.99: icmp_req=5 ttl=53 time=59.1 ms

--- google.com ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4006ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 38.086/45.410/59.122/8.481 ms

So apprently gnome-nettool is trying to run /bin/ping ping and that is what is
making it not work just as it didn't work either for me when I type in the
termina /bin/ping ping





-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-nettool depends on:
ii  dnsutils               1:9.7.2.dfsg.P2-1 Clients provided with BIND
ii  iputils-ping [ping]    3:20100418-3      Tools to test the reachability of 
ii  libc6                  2.11.2-7          Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4            2.28.1-6          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.24.2-1          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.20.1-2          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtop2-7             2.28.1-1          gtop system monitoring library (sh
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.28.3-1          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  net-tools              1.60-23           The NET-3 networking toolkit
ii  tcptraceroute          1.5beta7+debian-4 traceroute implementation using TC
ii  whois                  5.0.8             an intelligent whois client

gnome-nettool recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnome-nettool suggests:
ii  gnome-system-tools            2.30.2-2   Cross-platform configuration utili

-- no debconf information