[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#532670: confirming that the problem still exists

[Toomas Tamm]

Package: network-manager
Version: network-manager_0.6.6-3
Followup-For: Bug #532670

Hello!

I am another admin hit by this problem. I think the bug needs a proper
fix. The situation is made worse by the fact that it does not initially
manifest itself as a network-manager / ldap issue. Instead, the first
symptom is complete system lockup at X starting stage (only the cursor
can be moved with mouse) and no way to recover the box (no response to
keyboard, no network connectivity for remote login). Through several
tries, all ending in hitting the power switch, I lost the integrity of a
disk partition and had to reinstall the whole system!

Then it takes several hours of studying the logs and reading on the net
before one can reach the conclusion that it is a netmanager + ldap
problem.

Several workarounds have been proposed, the easiest being uninstalling
(or not starting) networkmanager. It should be noted that
network-manager (through dependency on network-manager-gnome) is
installed by default as a part of the gnome-desktop task. Once LDAP
authentication gets configured (usually later after installation), the
box no longer boots properly.

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