After upgrading to net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.4.0-r6, pidgin does not detect the presence of a network connection -- it just keeps displaying the "waiting for network connection" message on the status bar. After downgrading to 0.8.4.0-r2, the problem goes away, and pidgin starts behaving normally. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install new version of networkmanager and gnome-extra/nm-applet 2. Restart networkamager and nm-applet 3. Connect to a WiFi network Actual Results: Pidgin is still displaying the "waiting for..." message Expected Results: Pidgin should activate the accounts. I don't know if this has to do with anything, but the difference between the versions I noticed is in the /etc/init.d/NetworkManager script. In 0.8*, the service is reported to be up immediately upon starting the script, but in 0.9*, the service is first "inactive" and switches to "started" only after connecting to a network. [ebuild R ] net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.4.0-r6 USE="bluetooth dhcpcd gnutls introspection wext -avahi -connection-sharing -dhclient -doc -modemmanager -nss -ppp -resolvconf -wimax" 0 kB [ebuild R ] net-im/pidgin-2.10.6 USE="dbus gnutls gstreamer gtk idn ncurses networkmanager spell xscreensaver (-aqua) -debug -doc -eds -gadu -groupwise -meanwhile -nls -perl -prediction -python -sasl -silc -tcl -tk -zephyr -zeroconf" 0 kB Portage 2.1.11.9 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.15-r2, 3.2.21-tuxonice x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.2.21-tuxonice-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-2640M_CPU_@_2.80GHz-with-gentoo-2.1 Timestamp of tree: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 07:30:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p37 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.7.3-r2, 3.2.3 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.8-r3 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.27.1 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.1-r1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.9.8.4 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.22-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r3 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.4-r2 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.15-r2 Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 x-manual location: /usr/local/portage/manual masters: gentoo priority: 0 ABI="amd64" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA googleearth AdobeFlash-10.3" ACCEPT_PROPERTIES="*" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ANT_HOME="/usr/share/ant" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ARCH="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" BOOTSTRAP_USE="cxx unicode multilib" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CFLAGS_amd64="-m64" CFLAGS_x32="-mx32" CFLAGS_x86="-m32" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CHOST_amd64="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CHOST_x32="x86_64-pc-linux-gnux32" CHOST_x86="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CLEAN_DELAY="5" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" COLLISION_IGNORE="/lib/modules/* *.py[co]" COLORTERM="gnome-terminal" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/hddtemp/hddtemp.db /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_GB /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-march=core2 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DEFAULT_ABI="amd64" DISPLAY=":0" DISTDIR="/var/distfiles" EDITOR="/usr/bin/vi" ELIBC="glibc" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--ask --verbose" EMERGE_WARNING_DELAY="10" EPREFIX="" EROOT="/" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs collision-protect config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles news parallel-fetch parse-eapi-ebuild-head protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox xattr" FETCHCOMMAND="wget -t 3 -T 60 --passive-ftp -O "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" FETCHCOMMAND_RSYNC="rsync -avP "${URI}" "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}"" FETCHCOMMAND_SFTP="bash -c "x=\${2#sftp://} ; host=\${x%%/*} ; port=\${host##*:} ; host=\${host%:*} ; [[ \${host} = \${port} ]] && port=22 ; exec sftp -P \${port} \"\${host}:/\${x#*/}\" \"\$1\"" sftp "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" FETCHCOMMAND_SSH="bash -c "x=\${2#ssh://} ; host=\${x%%/*} ; port=\${host##*:} ; host=\${host%:*} ; [[ \${host} = \${port} ]] && port=22 ; exec rsync --rsh=\"ssh -p\${port}\" -avP \"\${host}:/\${x#*/}\" \"\$1\"" rsync "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}"" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GCC_SPECS="" GDK_USE_XFT="1" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://tux.rainside.sk/gentoo/" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="" GSETTINGS_BACKEND="dconf" HISTCONTROL="erasedups" HISTFILESIZE="2000" HISTSIZE="2000" HOME="/root" INFOPATH="/usr/share/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.3/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.22/info" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse" IUSE_IMPLICIT="" JAVAC="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/bin/javac" JAVACC_HOME="/usr/share/javacc/" JAVA_HOME="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm" JDK_HOME="/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm" KERNEL="linux" LANG="en_GB.utf8" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LDFLAGS_amd64="-m elf_x86_64" LDFLAGS_x32="-m elf32_x86_64" LDFLAGS_x86="-m elf_i386" LESS="-R -M --shift 5" LESSOPEN="|lesspipe %s" LIBDIR_amd64="lib64" LIBDIR_amd64_fbsd="lib64" LIBDIR_n32="lib32" LIBDIR_n64="lib64" LIBDIR_o32="lib" LIBDIR_ppc="lib32" LIBDIR_ppc64="lib64" LIBDIR_s390="lib32" LIBDIR_s390x="lib64" LIBDIR_sparc32="lib32" LIBDIR_sparc64="lib64" LIBDIR_x32="libx32" LIBDIR_x86="lib32" LIBDIR_x86_fbsd="lib32" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en" LOGNAME="root" USE="X a52 aac aalib acpi alsa amd64 bash-completion berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo caps cdda cli consolekit cracklib crypt cscope cups cxx dbus dga dri dts dvd emboss encode exif expat fam fbcon ffmpeg firefox flac fontconfig ftp gdbm gif gimp gnome gnome-keyring gnuplot gnutls gpm graphviz gtk hddtemp iconv icq icu idn ipv6 jabber java java6 jpeg lame latex lcms libcaca libnotify mad matroska mbox mikmod mmap mmx modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mplayer mudflap multilib ncurses networkmanager nptl nsplugin offensive ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf png policykit ppds pppd pulseaudio qt3support readline samba sdl session smp spell sse sse2 sse3 ssl ssse3 startup-notification subversion svg tcpd tetex threads tiff timidity truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb v4l vim-syntax vnc vorbis wifi wxwidgets wxwindows x264 xattr xcb xinerama xml xscreensaver xulrunner xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_2 python2_7" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev vesa intel" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" USER="root" USERLAND="GNU" USE_EXPAND="ALSA_CARDS ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS APACHE2_MODULES APACHE2_MPMS CALLIGRA_FEATURES CAMERAS COLLECTD_PLUGINS CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS CURL_SSL DRACUT_MODULES DVB_CARDS ELIBC FCDSL_CARDS FFTOOLS FOO2ZJS_DEVICES FRITZCAPI_CARDS GPSD_PROTOCOLS GRUB_PLATFORMS INPUT_DEVICES KERNEL LCD_DEVICES LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS LINGUAS LIRC_DEVICES MISDN_CARDS NETBEANS_MODULES NGINX_MODULES_HTTP NGINX_MODULES_MAIL OFED_DRIVERS OPENMPI_FABRICS OPENMPI_OFED_FEATURES OPENMPI_RM PHP_TARGETS PYTHON_TARGETS QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS QEMU_USER_TARGETS RUBY_TARGETS SANE_BACKENDS USERLAND VIDEO_CARDS VOICEMAIL_STORAGE XFCE_PLUGINS XTABLES_ADDONS" USE_EXPAND_HIDDEN="CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND" USE_EXPAND_IMPLICIT="ARCH ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND" USE_EXPAND_UNPREFIXED="ARCH" USE_EXPAND_VALUES_ARCH="alpha amd64 amd64-fbsd amd64-linux arm arm-linux hppa hppa-hpux ia64 ia64-hpux ia64-linux m68k m68k-mint mips ppc ppc64 ppc64-linux ppc-aix ppc-macos ppc-openbsd s390 sh sparc sparc64-freebsd sparc64-solaris sparc-fbsd sparc-solaris x64-freebsd x64-macos x64-openbsd x64-solaris x86 x86-cygwin x86-fbsd x86-freebsd x86-interix x86-linux x86-macos x86-netbsd x86-openbsd x86-solaris x86-winnt" USE_EXPAND_VALUES_ELIBC="AIX Cygwin Darwin FreeBSD glibc HPUX Interix mintlib NetBSD OpenBSD SunOS uclibc Winnt" USE_EXPAND_VALUES_KERNEL="AIX Cygwin Darwin FreeBSD freemint HPUX Interix linux NetBSD OpenBSD SunOS Winnt" USE_EXPAND_VALUES_USERLAND="BSD GNU" USE_ORDER="env:pkg:conf:defaults:pkginternal:repo:env.d" VBOX_APP_HOME="/opt/VirtualBox" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev vesa intel" WINDOW="0" XAUTHORITY="/root/.xauthuexSFD" XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/etc/xdg" XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/usr/share/gdm" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" _="/usr/bin/emerge"
Looks to be fixed now
