Bug 259840

Summary:	kde-base/plasma-workspace-4.2.1 - empty interfaces list in network applet
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Grzegorz Wiechula <grzesiekw>
Component:	[OLD] KDE	Assignee:	Gentoo KDE team <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	a, hfongarnand, kmaleiwz
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	screenshot

Description Grzegorz Wiechula 2009-02-21 19:53:53 UTC

There is no network interfaces in 'System Monitor - Network', plasma applet (plasma-applet-sm_net).

Actual Results:
Empty list.

Expected Results:
There should be available network interfaces.

Comment 1 Grzegorz Wiechula 2009-03-06 17:46:53 UTC

Problem still exists in newer, KDE 4.2.1 packages.

Comment 2 Hubert FONGARNAND 2009-03-11 08:47:06 UTC

same problem with ksysguard...

Comment 3 Robert Piasek (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-03-11 08:53:34 UTC

Created attachment 184662 [details]
screenshot

screenshot

Comment 4 Robert Piasek (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-03-11 08:55:53 UTC

In order to have it working you need to have a valid network management backend. Currently there is only one backend available - NetworkManager 0.7.

It's hardmasked in the tree. To have it working you need to unmask it, emerge it,and rebuild SOLID with networkmanager use flag.

Comment 5 Robert Piasek (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-03-11 09:05:47 UTC

*** Bug 258769 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***