Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 85652
TB Conf.py:278:write
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:38:05 EDT
Description of Problem: redhat-config-network crashes when trying to activate a profile. Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. Make sure there are profiles available for switching between (at least Common + one more). I.e. if no profiles other than Common exist, create one more profile (and restart network as required) prior to step 2. 2. Start redhat-config-network 3. In the "Active profile" dropdown list, choose another profile than the one initially displayed. 4. Click "Activate" 5. Watch warnings like "Cannot deactivate network device eth0_steves_place" (click Ok) 6. Crash information is showed (Exception occured) Actual Results: Dialog with crash information is displayed Expected Results: Successful activation of a network profile How often does this happen? Always. Additional Information: Clicking "Debug" in the Exception occured dialog hangs the application.
Created attachment 90476 [details] Crash trace as output in Exception occured dialog
Marked it as high priority
are you starting it as non-root?
Running as non-root: Yes. Comment: As you (as root) are able to let other users than root activate/inactivate various interfaces ("Allow all users to activate/inactivate this device"), activating a profile that includes such interfaces should also work, shouldn't it? (It shouldn't crash, at least) Or should there be an "Allow all users to activate/inactivate this profile" option for profiles, as well?
in the final version it will/should not crash. BUT, profile switching is not (yet) possible by normal users. So, if your device is not part of the active profile, you cannot activate it.