2009/11/18 Albert Hopkins <mar...@letterboxes.org> > > > > I've succesfullly installed Networkmanager and nm-applet with all the > > plugins under Gnome / Kde-4-3 using the instructions can be found at > > gentoo-wiki. It is working perfectly for wired and wireless LAN but > > not for any VPN (this part of the applet is grey > > > > I was searching the archive and googled this thing but I cannot find a > > solution, so I decided to ask you :) > > > > I suppose this is some problem with the dbus registration of the > > plugins, but I'm not sure > > Why do you suppose that? Have you looked at the logs. In my experience > the NetworkManager daemon spits out plenty of info by default in syslog. > Have a look at those. Paste those so we're not wandering around in the > dark. > > -a > > > > > Here is my log after starting Networkmanager. It is not talking about any vpnc or openvpn stuff...do you have any idea?
/etc/init.d/NetworkManager start * Starting NetworkManager ... Nov 19 12:18:48 brutal NetworkManager: <info> starting... [ ok ] brutal ~ # Nov 19 12:18:49 brutal NetworkManager: nm_device_ethernet_new: assertion `driver != NULL' failed Nov 19 12:18:49 brutal NetworkManager: nm_device_ethernet_new: assertion `driver != NULL' failed Nov 19 12:18:49 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'tg3') Nov 19 12:18:49 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): exported as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_26_55_c9_e5_22 Nov 19 12:18:49 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x01). Nov 19 12:18:49 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): new 802.11 WiFi device (driver: 'iwlagn') Nov 19 12:18:49 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): exported as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_1e_65_72_ab_2e Nov 19 12:18:49 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (ttyS0): ignoring due to lack of mobile broadband capabilties Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal kernel: tg3 0000:85:00.0: wake-up capability disabled by ACPI Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal kernel: tg3 0000:85:00.0: PME# disabled Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): device state change: 1 -> 2 Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): bringing up device. Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal kernel: tg3 0000:85:00.0: irq 32 for MSI/MSI-X Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): preparing device. Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): deactivating device (reason: 2). Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal vmnetBridge: RTM_NEWLINK: name:eth0 index:3 flags:0x00001003 Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal vmnetBridge: Can't remove interface eth0 3 (does not exist). Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 1 -> 2 Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): bringing up device. Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal vmnetBridge: RTM_NEWLINK: name:wlan0 index:5 flags:0x00001003 Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal vmnetBridge: Can't remove interface wlan0 5 (does not exist). Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): preparing device. Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): deactivating device (reason: 2). Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): device state change: 2 -> 3 Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal vmnetBridge: RTM_NEWLINK: name:wlan0 index:5 flags:0x00001003 Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal vmnetBridge: Can't remove interface wlan0 5 (does not exist). Nov 19 12:18:53 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0): supplicant interface state: starting -> ready Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal kernel: tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex. Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal kernel: tg3: eth0: Flow control is on for TX and on for RX. Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): carrier now ON (device state 2) Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): device state change: 2 -> 3 Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) starting connection 'Auto eth0' Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): device state change: 3 -> 4 Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): device state change: 4 -> 5 Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal vmnetBridge: RTM_NEWLINK: name:eth0 index:3 flags:0x00011043 Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled. Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started... Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): device state change: 5 -> 7 Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Beginning DHCP transaction. Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> dhcpcd started with pid 30481 Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete. Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal dhcpcd[30481]: eth0: dhcpcd 4.0.13 starting Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal NetworkManager: <info> DHCP: device eth0 state changed (null) -> preinit Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal dhcpcd[30481]: eth0: broadcasting for a lease Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal dhcpcd[30481]: eth0: offered from Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal dhcpcd[30481]: eth0: ignoring offer of from Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal dhcpcd[30481]: eth0: acknowledged from Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal dhcpcd[30481]: eth0: checking is available on attached networks Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal kernel: /dev/vmnet: open called by PID 7372 (vmnet-bridge) Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal kernel: /dev/vmnet: hub 0 does not exist, allocating memory. Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal kernel: /dev/vmnet: port on hub 0 successfully opened Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal kernel: bridge-eth0: up Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal kernel: bridge-eth0: attached Nov 19 12:18:54 brutal vmnetBridge: Started bridge eth0 to virtual network 0. Nov 19 12:19:00 brutal dhcpcd[30481]: eth0: leased for 432000 seconds Nov 19 12:19:00 brutal NetworkManager: <info> DHCP: device eth0 state changed preinit -> bound Nov 19 12:19:00 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) scheduled... Nov 19 12:19:00 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) started... Nov 19 12:19:00 brutal NetworkManager: <info> address Nov 19 12:19:00 brutal NetworkManager: <info> prefix 24 (255.255.255.0) Nov 19 12:19:00 brutal NetworkManager: <info> gateway Nov 19 12:19:00 brutal NetworkManager: <info> nameserver Nov 19 12:19:00 brutal NetworkManager: <info> nameserver Nov 19 12:19:00 brutal NetworkManager: <info> nameserver Nov 19 12:19:00 brutal NetworkManager: <info> domain name Nov 19 12:19:00 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) scheduled... Nov 19 12:19:00 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) complete. Nov 19 12:19:00 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) started... Nov 19 12:19:01 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): writing resolv.conf to /sbin/resolvconf Nov 19 12:19:01 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): device state change: 7 -> 8 Nov 19 12:19:01 brutal NetworkManager: <info> (eth0): writing resolv.conf to /sbin/resolvconf Nov 19 12:19:01 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'Auto eth0' (eth0) as default for routing and DNS. Nov 19 12:19:01 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) successful, device activated. Nov 19 12:19:01 brutal NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete. Nov 19 12:19:04 brutal kernel: eth0: no IPv6 routers present
