Re: F16 NetworkManager icon showing connecting when connected

["Nathanael D. Noblet" <nathanael gnat ca>]

On 11/07/2012 02:50 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> On 11/07/2012 11:00 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Bob,
> >
> > On Wed, November 7, 2012 10:37 am, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> > > yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update NetworkManager
> > > Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
> > > No Packages marked for Update
> > >
> > > Derek, where are you?  Can we sit down and get this installed so I can
> > > test it?  (Brian, Derek is also here at the IETF meeting, and an old
> > > colleague of mine).
> > According to koji[0] it looks like it was just built yesterday, so it
> > might not have made the mirrors yet.  You could download and install from
> > koji, or wait for the package to propagate, which might take another day.
> >
> > For what it's worth I see this myself with VPNs too, but I'm on F15 still
> > so have no hope for a fix ;)
> >
> > -derek
> >
> > [0] http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=364798
> Ok.  I downloaded and did a yum localinstall of:
>
> NetworkManager-0.9.6.4-1.fc16.x86_64.rpm
> NetworkManager-glib-0.9.6.4-1.fc16.x86_64.rpm
> NetworkManager-gnome-0.9.6.4-1.fc16.x86_64.rpm
> NetworkManager-gtk-0.9.6.4-1.fc16.x86_64.rpm
>
> Do now do how do I restart NetworkManager?  Is there someway other than
> a reboot?

Running 'service NetworkManager restart' as root I would presume should 
work from a terminal. The only thing I'd be worried about but don't 
remember coming across would be initscript vs systemd unit files. Either 
way I didn't have issues so I would expect the service restart to be 
successful. Otherwise a reboot would do it yes.
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