Re: F16 NetworkManager icon showing connecting when connected

["Derek Atkins" <derek ihtfp com>]

On Wed, November 7, 2012 4:50 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?

For the service you can run, as root:  service NetworkManager restart
I'm not sure how to restart the applet.

-derek

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