Network Manager Applet broken after upgrade

Silex89 · 2012-02-23 17:36:57

I just upgraded the Network Manager (the daemon, not the applet) to it's most current "stable" version (0.9.2.0-2), once pacman finished, I rebooted the system and my NM applet didn't show up in my tray (I'm using Gnome Shell 3.2.1), then I went to the network connections window, and none of my wireless networks or my mobile broadband profile were in the list, I couldn't add them manually either because every time I tried it, a message pop-up saying that my version of the applet was "incompatible"

Fortunately I managed to remember how to downgrade a package, so I did and my NMApplet became normal again, I'll stick to this version (0.9.2.0-1) until I figure out what's happening.

Do you guys have experienced something like this??

Thanks in advance

Last edited by Silex89 (2012-02-23 17:39:33)

attila1964 · 2012-02-23 19:13:10

The same happened by me after upgrade today, at the moment I'm using a PCLinuxOS Phoenix LiveCD... I will try to downgrade this package, but I must read Wiki...

cedricmc · 2012-02-24 15:29:56

I had this problem 1 hour ago. I successfully solved it by downgrading "libnl" from current version "3.2.7-1" to prior version "1.1-3" (big version change in by opinion).

cd /var/cache/pacman/pkg
ls libnl*
sudo pacman -U libnl-1.1-3-i686.pkg.tar.xz

(a networkmanager downgrade could also be necessary)

josef · 2012-02-24 17:37:33

hi!

(sorry if the following is obvious, i'm quite new to arch)

where do i get the libnl 1.1-3 PKG?
in my /var/cachr/pacman/pkg there's only the new 3.2.7-1.

also on a side note: how would i then consistently prevent libnl from upgrading when doing "pacman -Syu"?

thanks!

Last edited by josef (2012-02-24 17:38:05)

wonder · 2012-02-24 17:44:46

you guys don't clearly say how is broken.

josef · 2012-02-24 18:03:12

when i restarted after upgrade the nm-applet was gone from my tint2-panel.

tried to start it from terminal and got:

** Message: applet now removed from notification area **

** (nm-applet:608): WARNING **:get_all_cb: couldn't retrieve system settings properties ......

(some more of that kind, no time to type them out, as i'm on another machine.)

iwconfig shows a wlan0 extension, though, for what it's worth

wonder · 2012-02-24 18:08:39

it means that networkmanager daemon didn't start. Check out to see why.

josef · 2012-02-24 18:12:58

/etc/rc.d/networkmanager start shows that: libnl.so.1: cannot open... no such file...

back to my question: where do i get libnl downgrade package or how do i fix that error with the new version.

thanks for your help,

Last edited by josef (2012-02-24 18:21:01)

wonder · 2012-02-24 18:20:54

pacman -Qo /etc/rc.d/networkmanager

be sure you are fully up to date. you don't need libnl 1 since networkmanager was recompiled against libnl 3.x

Last edited by wonder (2012-02-24 18:21:22)

josef · 2012-02-24 18:27:46

pacman -Qo /etc/rc.d/networkmanager
/etc/rc.d/networkmanager is owned by networkmanager 0.9.2.0-1

i think i was up to date after doing the pacman -Syu. Do i need e newer nm version?

Last edited by josef (2012-02-24 18:30:07)

wonder · 2012-02-24 18:37:06

josef wrote:

pacman -Qo /etc/rc.d/networkmanager
/etc/rc.d/networkmanager is owned by networkmanager 0.9.2.0-1
i think i was up to date after doing the pacman -Syu. Do i need e newer nm version?

yes you need. 0.9.2.0-2 is in extra

josef · 2012-02-24 18:37:49

thank you so much for helping!

cedricmc · 2012-02-28 09:51:51

As told, few days ago, after a system upgrade, the gnome network applet stop to work properly and I had to downgrade networkmanager and libnl form 0.9.2.0-2 and 3.2.7-1 to 0.9.2.0-1 and 1.1-3, respectively. This solved my ethernet connection but not the wireless one.

Yesterday, I fully updated the system again, and everything seems to work properly. I think I will never know what was the exact problem. I will have to sleep with that

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