On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 21:41 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 12:57 -0600, Marcin Pisz wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have multiple computers systems running dual boot windows and windows. > > One computers seems to have the problem, all running debian wheezy. 25% > > of the time when I start the system and login to gnome the first thing I > > notice the top internet connection icons says no connection. Then the > > activities menu does not show up. The only thing I am able to do > > crl-alt-F1 and then restart the machine or use crt-alt-del from the > > terminal to reboot the machine. I tried downloading and new version of > > debian wheezy and re-installed it on the machine from clean install and > > the problem returned. Not sure weather gnome-network is crashing, > > problem exists before and after installing nvidia driver. Not sure if > > it is gnome package. Problem is intermitten, but windows on the same > > machine is rock solid stable so I doubt it's a hardware problem. Only > > difference with this machine is it runs of a SSD vs a hard drive. > > Though another laptop had this problem once as well. > > > > Not sure what package to fill bug against. > > I'm not using GNOME, but I'm using NetworkManager too. > > There are some exceptional cases when NetworkManager could be helpful, > but usually it's just a PITA. > > On different distros I have to reboot, even killing the panel applet and > trying to reconnect by command line doesn't work. > > You should connect to the Internet without such an interface like > NetworManager or Wicd. If you want such a thingy try Wicd instead. > > Filing a bug against NetworkManager is useless, since those issues are > well known. > > I don't know what Debian does provide? IIRC I used PPPoEconf for Debian > and Ubuntu before I switched to NetworkManager, but perhaps I'm > confusing things? > > On Arch I definitively used netcfg before I switched to NetworkManager. > > If there isn't a reason for you to use NetworkManager, at all events > switch to something different. > > Regards, > Ralf
PS: IIRC ifconfig and some other commands do the job without NetworkManager and Wicd. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1350416754.1236.150.camel@localhost.localdomain
