Description of problem: The device list it shows consists of: - lo - a blank - an unprintable character This is on a box that has a fairly standard lo/eth0/eth1 setup. Why is this in the default install, any way? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-netstatus-2.12.1-1.fc7
It seems to work ok here, I see tun0, wlan0 and lo in the combobox. But I agree that it doesn't need to be in the default install anymore. NMs connection information dialog shows almost the same information, except for the amount of transmitted/received data.
Made optional in comps.
Still not functional as of today's 'rawhide'. Symptoms identical to the initial report. Btw, still a very useful tool, when the network is controlled in the oldfashioned way [without NM].
As of day, I still have this combination of lo, a blank, and an unprintable character. However, all network interfaces [lo, eth0, eth1, ath0] work as expected. For users who need to rely on static network connections [in my case, LaserJet printer w/JetDirect interface] NM is not usable at the moment, and it's for exactly this reason that NM is disabled by default. Thus, the connection information provided by NM is no argument for not supporting the netstatus applet anymore. Btw, I'm on an x86_64 system here, and I was wondering if the apparently contradictory observations in the original report and in comment #1 might be related to the platform.
*** Bug 161216 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
this bug has been fixed in Ubuntu https://launchpad.net/gnome-netstatus/+bug/21234
Bill, even though you made gnome-netstatus optional in comps.xml it still gets installed by default, because gnome-applets requires it. $ rpm -e gnome-netstatus error: Failed dependencies: gnome-netstatus >= 2.8.0-2 is needed by (installed) gnome-applets-2.21.91-1.fc9.i386
Created attachment 295091 [details] Upstream patch from GNOME bug 453070 Too funny that we looked at this simultaneously. Yesterday, I rebuilt the gnome-netstatus RPM with the modifications implemented by the patch from http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453070#c3 as of 2007-07-16 and it works perfectly on my x86_64 box.
Note: comment #6 and references therein refer to a different upstream bug.
(In reply to comment #7) > Bill, even though you made gnome-netstatus optional in comps.xml it still > gets installed by default, because gnome-applets requires it. Right, and there are good reasons to leave things as they are: NM is currently disabled by default in the install spin because is immature and breaks connectivity even for simple setups. This means that in general there is no network applet other than netstatus for the GNOME desktop. Now that it's working again it's a must for the default GNOME setup. Btw, shouldn't "Hardware" be set to x86_64 or has this issue also been observed on other platforms such as x86?
Fixed in gnome-netstatus-2.12.1-4.fc9.
I still see a list of: - lo - a blank - an unprintable character with the latest gnome-netstatus-2.12.1-4.fc9
Argh! gnome-netstatus-2.12.1-4.fc9 retained the WLAN setting from my self-built RPM which is the reason why it worked for me. Once changed to a different device, "ath0" disappears, and things look exactly like before. I have just unpacked the SRPM and it's the unpatched version .. %@&#§!
This is still broken in F8 on x86_64. The patch fixes it for me.
Changing version to '9' as part of upcoming Fedora 9 GA. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
There has been a new patch added upstream to fix this issue. Can this at least be included as a temporary workaround? http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=115547&action=view This bug is approaching its first anniversary!
Issue still present as of gnome-netstatus-2.12.2-2.fc10.x86_64. It has slightly evolved however, namely on my system where currently only ifcfg-lo and ifcfg-wlan0 do exist, only devices -blank- and -lo- are displayed, the unprintable character is gone. Wireless traffic still is not monitored though.
Created attachment 324857 [details] Fedoraized version of patch from GNOME bug 453070 comment #13 The gnome-netstatus package builds and works properly after adding the attached patch "iface.patch" and updating gnome-netstatus.spec: Patch1: iface.patch .. %patch1 -p1 -b .iface
This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database. Reassigning to the new owner of this component.
(In reply to comment #19) Excellent, I had attached a "ready-to-use" patch to comment #18 which does not need anything but to dump it into the SRPM and the tiny addition to the spec file along the direction of comment #18. Thanks!
Thus bug is still not resolved as of gnome-netstatus-2.12.2-3.fc11.x86_64.
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'gnome-netstatus' still doesn't work on x86_64 systems as of F11 final w/updates. That's a pity given that functional patches have been available upstream for a long time.
Upstream version 2.26.0 still hasn't fixed this issue. However, the patch from comment #18 applies to both version 2.12.2 and 2.26.0 and resolves this bug. Please consider including it into the SRPM. Thanks!
Sorry for the long negligence on my part for so long. I have prepared the SRPM please find it here. I have an old broken Fedora 9 system so I could not test the RPMs. Can someone please check it before I move it in ? I have also updated gnome-netstatus to 2.26.0. Thanks. Please find the SRPM here: http://bonii.fedorapeople.org/srpms/gnome-netstatus-2.26.0-1.fc12.src.rpm
*** Bug 481596 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Can someone please test this SRPM. Thanks.
(In reply to comment #27) Yes, it works. Pushing to updates and closing this bug then, I suppose.
gnome-netstatus-2.26.0-1.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gnome-netstatus-2.26.0-1.fc10
gnome-netstatus-2.26.0-1.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gnome-netstatus-2.26.0-1.fc11
gnome-netstatus-2.26.0-1.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update gnome-netstatus'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-7090
gnome-netstatus-2.26.0-1.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update gnome-netstatus'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F11/FEDORA-2009-7115
gnome-netstatus-2.26.0-1.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
gnome-netstatus-2.26.0-1.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.