Description of problem: I've started my laptop today and there was no network. Network Manager was started, but died: [root@m4300 ~]# /etc/init.d/NetworkManager status NetworkManager dead but pid file exists [root@m4300 ~]# /etc/init.d/NetworkManager start Setting network parameters... [ OK ] Starting NetworkManager daemon: [ OK ] [root@m4300 ~]# /etc/init.d/NetworkManager status NetworkManager dead but pid file exists [root@m4300 ~]# I've restarted my laptop two times, no change. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [root@m4300 ~]# rpm -qa | grep NetworkManager NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0.99-4.git20090324.fc10.i386 NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0.99-4.git20090324.fc10.i386 NetworkManager-0.7.0.99-4.git20090324.fc10.i386 [root@m4300 ~]# How reproducible: always Additional info: I've managed to start wired connection via Network applet from System -> Administration, when I tried to start NM after that, my pidgin thought it got disconnected while I could still ping internet from command line.
downgrade to: NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-0.11.svn4229.fc10.i386 NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0-0.11.svn4229.fc10.i386 NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.11.svn4229.fc10.i386 solved the problem
Created attachment 337005 [details] crash of NM NM crashed after successful connect to openvpn type vpn.
downgrade to: NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0.99-3.fc10.i386 NetworkManager-0.7.0.99-3.fc10.i386 NetworkManager-vpnc-0.7.0.99-1.fc10.i386 NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0.99-3.fc10.i386 NetworkManager-openvpn-0.7.0.99-1.fc10.i386 NetworkManager-pptp-0.7.0.99-1.fc10.i386 solve my problem
I downgraded only NM, NM-glib and NM-gnome and it works for me.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 492246 ***