Bug 498589 - [enh] Inform the user when trying to add VPN's when the VPN plug-in is not installed
Summary: [enh] Inform the user when trying to add VPN's when the VPN plug-in is not in...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: NetworkManager
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dan Williams
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 480354 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: 798294
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-05-01 10:52 UTC by Stephen Rowles
Modified: 2012-02-28 14:58 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Enhancement
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Clone Of:
: 798294 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-02-28 14:58:40 UTC
Type: ---
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Description Stephen Rowles 2009-05-01 10:52:43 UTC
Description of problem:

Network manager, as installed by default in Fedora 10, doesn't have the vpn component installed. However network manager still shows the VPN tab but with the Add... button greyed out.

There is no indication to the user that this is because the appropriate NetworkManager component is not installed and it took a lot of searching on the web to discover this was the case.

The VPN tab be replaced with a panel saying "Install one of the vpn network manager packages to use this functionality" (or similar) if the appropriate package components are not installed to use that tab. At the moment as the tab is fully populated with buttons it looks like a configuration / permission problem that a VPN connection cannot be added.

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

Fedora 10
NetworkManager 0.7.0.99
Release: 5.git20090326.fc10

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Right click on NetworkManager icon
2. Select VPN tab
  
Actual results:

All buttons are greyed out and cannot be clicked on, no indication of how to remedy this situation.

Expected results:

Some indication of what I need to do to get the buttons enabled, ideally a "click here to install", but a simple piece of text telling me to install a NetworkManager vpn component would be a great help!


Additional info:

Comment 1 Niels Haase 2009-05-02 08:54:17 UTC
Reporter, thanks for filling this bug.

It looks like more than a enhancement request. Therefore I changed the title to
reflect the enhancement request.


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Comment 2 Niels Haase 2009-05-07 18:52:43 UTC
*** Bug 480354 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Jirka Klimes 2012-02-28 14:58:40 UTC
This was implemented some time ago.
Upstream bug is https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=625160


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