[kde-linux] Network Settings

[Robin Atwood]

On Tuesday 22 December 2009, James Tyrer wrote:
> Robin Atwood wrote:
> > On Monday 21 December 2009, James Tyrer wrote:
> >> This is the "just works" DOESN'T WORK situation again.
> >>
> >> Is there some special trick to get
> >>
> >> System Settings -> Network Settings::Network Settings
> >>
> >> to work?
> >>
> >> First, I ask: Should I have KDE-3 help for this in System Settings in
> >> KDE-4?
> >>
> >> There is nothing in the "Network interfaces" tab's window despite the
> >> fact that I have a NIC for "eth0".  The "System Monitor - Network"
> >> widget finds "eth0" OK.  So, it would appear that I have some things
> >> configured correctly.
> >
> > I asked about this on kde-devel a month or so back. You must have a
> > network manager installed; currently two are supported:
> >
> > # eix solid
> > [U] kde-base/solid
> >      Available versions:  (4.3) 4.3.3 (~)4.3.4-r2
> >         {aqua bluetooth debug kdeenablefinal kdeprefix networkmanager
> > wicd} Installed versions:  4.3.4-r1(4.3)(00:41:11 13/12/09)(bluetooth
> > wicd - aqua -debug -kdeenablefinal -kdeprefix -networkmanager)
> >      Homepage:            http://www.kde.org/
> >      Description:         Solid: the KDE hardware library
> >
> > wicd and networkmanager. Since I use Gentoo scripts I had no need for
> > either of these. Pointing this out got me a rather snippy answer ("How do
> > I expect it to work then?") to which I replied "ifconfig, route, /proc?".
> > I relented and installed wicd but it made no difference, so I lost
> > interest in the whole business and stuck with "netstat -r"!
> >
> > YMMV
> > -Robin
> 
> I don't have eix since I am not using Gentoo.
> 
> However:
> 
> $ sudo /sbin/ldconfig -v |grep libsolid.so
>    ibsolid.so.4 -> libsolid.so.4.3.0
> 
> So, solid appears to be installed.
> 
> &
> 
> $ sudo /sbin/pidof NetworkManager
> 1050
> 
> The NetworkManager appears to be running, but to make sure:
> 
> $ sudo /etc/rc.d/init.d/NetworkManager status
> NetworkManager (pid  1050) is running...
> 
> But, it doesn't work.

Well, first you have to be sure that solid was built with the right 
configuration options to support a network manager. I guess you have to check 
the rpm's dependencies.
 
> So, I guess that I will keep starting dhclient manually after I boot.

On my laptop I use wicd, which does at least start up the network properly.

> Are we to conclude that this works for the developers?
 
Well, at least one developer. ;)

-Robin
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