Bug 1003082

Summary: fedora 19 xfce spin lacks network connection capability
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: mordred
Component: NetworkManagerAssignee: Dan Williams <dcbw>
Status: CLOSED EOL QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority: unspecified    
Version: 19CC: dcbw, dennis, jklimes
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Last Closed: 2015-02-18 11:25:51 UTC Type: Bug
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output from rpm -qa none

Description mordred 2013-08-30 17:52:33 UTC
Description of problem:

Fedora-Live-XFCE-x86_64-19-1.iso
size: 651165696 

this spin installs a system that contains no desktop accessible way to make a network connection.

the only software relevant to networking shown on the desktop is
  applications - settings - network connections

the latter shows the machine ethernet port:

  - ethernet
    snp2s0     never

however there is no way shown enabling to make a network connection.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. install fedora from named spin on x86_64 machine.
2. inspect menu choices on desktop.

Actual results:
network manager or other network connection capability is missing.

Expected results:
presence of some way to access the network manager or other network connection capability from the desktop.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Kevin Fenzi 2013-08-30 18:37:29 UTC
NetworkManager is included. 

Can you provide output from: 

rpm -q NetworkManager
and
journalctl -b -u NetworkManager

Comment 2 mordred 2013-08-31 20:32:53 UTC
Created attachment 792484 [details]
output from rpm -qa

Comment 3 mordred 2013-08-31 20:37:25 UTC
$ rpm -q NetworkManager
NetworkManager-0.9.8.2-2.fc19.x86_64

$ # here no network cable is plugged in
$ journalctl -b -u NetworkManager

-- Logs begin at Thu 2013-08-22 15:44:30 BST, end at Sat 2013-08-31 15:39:22 BST. --
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> NetworkManager (version 0.9.8.2-2.fc19) is starting...
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> Read config file /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> WEXT support is enabled
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> VPN: loaded org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> VPN: loaded org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> VPN: loaded org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: ifcfg-rh: Acquired D-Bus service com.redhat.ifcfgrh1
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> Loaded plugin ifcfg-rh: (c) 2007 - 2010 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2010 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: ifcfg-rh: parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo ...
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: ifcfg-rh: parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enp2s0 ...
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: ifcfg-rh:     read connection 'enp2s0'
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> rfkill0: found WiFi radio killswitch (at /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.1/0000:06:00.0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill0) (driver rt2800pci)
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> WiFi hardware radio set enabled
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> WiMAX enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> Networking is enabled by state file
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <warn> failed to allocate link cache: (-10) Operation not supported
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (enp2s0): carrier is OFF
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (enp2s0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'r8169' ifindex: 2)
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (enp2s0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (enp2s0): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2]
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (enp2s0): bringing up device.
Aug 31 15:29:26 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Network Manager.
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (enp2s0): preparing device.
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (enp2s0): deactivating device (reason 'managed') [2]
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (wlo1): using nl80211 for WiFi device control
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (wlo1): driver supports Access Point (AP) mode
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (wlo1): new 802.11 WiFi device (driver: 'rt2800pci' ifindex: 3)
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (wlo1): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (wlo1): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2]
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (wlo1): bringing up device.
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (wlo1): preparing device.
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (wlo1): deactivating device (reason 'managed') [2]
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <warn> /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring...
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <warn> /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring...
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> modem-manager is now available
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> wpa_supplicant started
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (wlo1) supports 4 scan SSIDs
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <warn> Trying to remove a non-existant call id.
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (wlo1): supplicant interface state: starting -> ready
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (wlo1): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available') [20 30 42]
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (wlo1): supplicant interface state: ready -> disconnected
Aug 31 15:29:27 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (wlo1) supports 4 scan SSIDs
Aug 31 15:29:28 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[368]: <info> (wlo1): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> inactive


$ # here cable to broadband network is plugged in
$ journalctl -b -u NetworkManager
-- Logs begin at Thu 2013-08-22 15:44:30 BST, end at Sat 2013-08-31 17:31:52 BST. --
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> NetworkManager (version 0.9.8.2-2.fc19) is starting...
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> Read config file /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> WEXT support is enabled
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager...
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> VPN: loaded org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> VPN: loaded org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> VPN: loaded org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: ifcfg-rh: Acquired D-Bus service com.redhat.ifcfgrh1
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> Loaded plugin ifcfg-rh: (c) 2007 - 2010 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> Loaded plugin keyfile: (c) 2007 - 2010 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: ifcfg-rh: parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo ...
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: ifcfg-rh: parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enp2s0 ...
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: ifcfg-rh:     read connection 'enp2s0'
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> rfkill0: found WiFi radio killswitch (at /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:15.1/0000:06:00.0/ieee80211/phy0/rfkill0) (driver rt2800pci)
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> WiFi hardware radio set enabled
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> WiFi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> WiMAX enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> Networking is enabled by state file
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <warn> failed to allocate link cache: (-10) Operation not supported
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (enp2s0): carrier is OFF
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (enp2s0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'r8169' ifindex: 2)
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (enp2s0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (enp2s0): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2]
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (enp2s0): bringing up device.
Aug 31 17:28:16 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Network Manager.
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (enp2s0): preparing device.
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (enp2s0): deactivating device (reason 'managed') [2]
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (wlo1): using nl80211 for WiFi device control
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (wlo1): driver supports Access Point (AP) mode
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (wlo1): new 802.11 WiFi device (driver: 'rt2800pci' ifindex: 3)
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (wlo1): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (wlo1): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2]
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (wlo1): bringing up device.
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (wlo1): preparing device.
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (wlo1): deactivating device (reason 'managed') [2]
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <warn> /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring...
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <warn> /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring...
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> modem-manager is now available
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> wpa_supplicant started
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (wlo1) supports 4 scan SSIDs
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <warn> Trying to remove a non-existant call id.
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (wlo1): supplicant interface state: starting -> ready
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (wlo1): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'supplicant-available') [20 30 42]
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (wlo1): supplicant interface state: ready -> disconnected
Aug 31 17:28:17 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (wlo1) supports 4 scan SSIDs
Aug 31 17:28:18 localhost.localdomain NetworkManager[380]: <info> (wlo1): supplicant interface state: disconnected -> inactive


note: 
here is menu from network thingum on controlbar@top
enable networking  // checked
enable wifi // checked
enable notifications // checked
connection information // greyed
edit connections

Comment 4 Kevin Fenzi 2013-09-01 16:00:01 UTC
Moving over to NetworkManager for comment...

Comment 5 Jirka Klimes 2014-02-11 13:29:55 UTC
Please try Fedora 20. If problems persist we would diagnose, else I incline to close the bug.

Anyway, in XFCE you should be able to control network using nm-applet icon or via nmcli from command line.

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