[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#576279: Bug#576279: network-manager-kde: Tray icon non-functional, shows "Network Management disabled" message

[Cassiano Leal]

On 2 April 2010 13:05, Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> wrote:
> severity 576279 normal
> thanks
>
> On 02.04.2010 16:19, Jonathan E. Magen wrote:
>> Package: network-manager-kde
>> Version: 1:0.9~svn1088283-1
>> Severity: grave
>> Justification: renders package unusable
>>
>>
>> After a recent forced restart, knetworkmanager no longer functions
>
> Did suspend and resume not work correctly?
>
>> properly. When I mouse over the tray icon, it pops up a plasma
>> notification saying "Unmanaged" with the 'cable disconnected from the
>> outlet' icon. When I click on the tray icon, a one-option menu pops
>> up. It says only "Network Management disabled" in greyed-out
>> letters. I have Network Manager chosed in the KDE settings and it
>> worked fine before I had to do a hard restart on my laptop.
>
> Could you please attach the file /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state
>
> After that, please remove that file and restart network-manager (service
> network-manager restart) and see if that helps.

Same happened to me several times. My work around was to install
network-manager-gnome and, when needed, kill knetworkmanager, start
nm-applet and select "Enable Networking" from there.

Cheers
Cassiano Leal