Activity log for bug #249404

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2008-07-17 10:56:03 Chad Waters bug added bug
2008-07-18 05:28:38 Connor Imes network-manager-applet: status New Triaged
2008-07-18 05:28:38 Connor Imes network-manager-applet: importance Undecided Medium
2008-07-18 16:20:28 Connor Imes network-manager-applet: status Triaged Incomplete
2008-10-24 13:23:51 Savvas Radevic network-manager-applet: status Incomplete Confirmed
2008-10-24 13:23:51 Savvas Radevic network-manager-applet: statusexplanation Can any of the others who experienced this problem confirm that the problem disappeared with the newer version of consolekit? Still appears here: $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 8.10 Release: 8.10 Codename: intrepid $ killall -9 nm-applet nm-applet: no process killed $ nm-applet --sm-disable ** (nm-applet:14122): WARNING **: <WARN> applet_dbus_manager_start_service(): Could not acquire the NetworkManagerUserSettings service. Message: 'Connection ":1.21" is not allowed to own the service "org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings" due to security policies in the configuration file' (nm-applet:14122): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed $ apt-cache policy dbus network-manager network-manager-gnome consolekit dbus: Installed: 1.2.4-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.2.4-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.2.4-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status network-manager: Installed: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status network-manager-gnome: Installed: 0.7~~svn20081020t000444-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.7~~svn20081020t000444-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 0.7~~svn20081020t000444-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status consolekit: Installed: 0.2.10-1ubuntu8 Candidate: 0.2.10-1ubuntu8 Version table: *** 0.2.10-1ubuntu8 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Some of my configuration files: $ cat /etc/network/interfaces #auto lo #iface lo inet loopback #iface eth0 inet dhcp auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp auto br0 iface br0 inet dhcp bridge_ports eth0 bridge_fd 9 bridge_hello 2 bridge_maxage 12 bridge_stp off $ cat /etc/dbus-1/system.d/NetworkManager.conf <!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN" "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd"> <busconfig> <policy user="root"> <allow own="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <allow own="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/> <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/> </policy> <policy user="haldaemon"> <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> </policy> <policy at_console="true"> <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> </policy> <policy context="default"> <deny own="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <deny send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <deny send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <deny own="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/> <deny send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/> <deny send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/> </policy> <limit name="max_replies_per_connection">512</limit> </busconfig>
2008-10-31 20:39:59 Alexander Sack network-manager-applet: status Confirmed Fix Released
2008-10-31 20:39:59 Alexander Sack network-manager-applet: statusexplanation Still appears here: $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 8.10 Release: 8.10 Codename: intrepid $ killall -9 nm-applet nm-applet: no process killed $ nm-applet --sm-disable ** (nm-applet:14122): WARNING **: <WARN> applet_dbus_manager_start_service(): Could not acquire the NetworkManagerUserSettings service. Message: 'Connection ":1.21" is not allowed to own the service "org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings" due to security policies in the configuration file' (nm-applet:14122): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed $ apt-cache policy dbus network-manager network-manager-gnome consolekit dbus: Installed: 1.2.4-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.2.4-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.2.4-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status network-manager: Installed: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status network-manager-gnome: Installed: 0.7~~svn20081020t000444-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 0.7~~svn20081020t000444-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 0.7~~svn20081020t000444-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status consolekit: Installed: 0.2.10-1ubuntu8 Candidate: 0.2.10-1ubuntu8 Version table: *** 0.2.10-1ubuntu8 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Some of my configuration files: $ cat /etc/network/interfaces #auto lo #iface lo inet loopback #iface eth0 inet dhcp auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp auto br0 iface br0 inet dhcp bridge_ports eth0 bridge_fd 9 bridge_hello 2 bridge_maxage 12 bridge_stp off $ cat /etc/dbus-1/system.d/NetworkManager.conf <!DOCTYPE busconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Bus Configuration 1.0//EN" "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd"> <busconfig> <policy user="root"> <allow own="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <allow own="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/> <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/> </policy> <policy user="haldaemon"> <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> </policy> <policy at_console="true"> <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> </policy> <policy context="default"> <deny own="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <deny send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <deny send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <deny own="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/> <deny send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/> <deny send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.PPP"/> </policy> <limit name="max_replies_per_connection">512</limit> </busconfig> closing this bug as the initial problem should be fixed by consolekit. It appears to attract false posters now. So bye bye bug.
2008-10-31 20:40:15 Alexander Sack network-manager-applet: bugtargetdisplayname network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) consolekit (Ubuntu)
2008-10-31 20:40:15 Alexander Sack network-manager-applet: bugtargetname network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) consolekit (Ubuntu)
2008-10-31 20:40:15 Alexander Sack network-manager-applet: statusexplanation closing this bug as the initial problem should be fixed by consolekit. It appears to attract false posters now. So bye bye bug.
2008-10-31 20:40:15 Alexander Sack network-manager-applet: title Bug #249404 in network-manager-applet (Ubuntu): "[[intrepid]] nm-applet can't start: permission issues" Bug #249404 in consolekit (Ubuntu): "[[intrepid]] nm-applet can't start: permission issues"
2008-12-04 09:47:46 Alexander Sack network-manager-applet: status New Incomplete
2008-12-04 09:47:46 Alexander Sack network-manager-applet: statusexplanation please test the network-manager applet in -proposed. that one should always show an icon at least. maybe giving you more hints whats the root cause.
2008-12-22 15:01:15 Alexander Sack network-manager-applet: status Incomplete Fix Released
2008-12-22 15:01:15 Alexander Sack network-manager-applet: statusexplanation please test the network-manager applet in -proposed. that one should always show an icon at least. maybe giving you more hints whats the root cause. applet will now always start since latest -updates update.