RFE: knetworkmanager should recover when NetworkManager restarts
Bug #123811 reported by
Michael Blakeley
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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knetworkmanager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Sujee Maniyam |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: knetworkmanager
When dbus restarts NetworkManager, knetworkmanager tends to lose all network connectivity. This is especially annoying for wifi, since the list of access points goes away entirely.
Instead, it would be nice if knetworkmanager automatically reconnected to NetworkManager after the NetworkManager restart completed. Perhaps knetworkmanager could register for NetworkManager start and stop notifications?
Workaround: quit knetworkmanager and start it again.
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I think this is what launchpad calls a "wishlist" issue, but I don't see how to set that.
Oh, and in case it's helpful:
$ apt-show-versions knetworkmanager /gutsy uptodate 1:0.2~r674918- 0ubuntu3
knetworkmanager
$ uname -a
Linux mblakele-lt 2.6.22-7-generic #1 SMP Mon Jun 25 17:07:55 GMT 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux