Comment 221 for bug 191889

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 191889] Re: [MASTER] "Offline Mode" feature fails to detect proper online state for networks that are managed outside of network manager.

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 08:54:27AM -0000, Henry Wertz wrote:
> I've found a kludgy "fix" for this (that doesn't just involve
> removing nm, since it's wireless and wired handling are nice). In my
> case, I have a Inspiron 2200 with wifi set via ndiswrapper (which works
> fine) and an aircard (Verizon PC5740) which worked except for the
> "Offline mode" problem. So it's the case where if I don't have wifi,
> and dial via CDMA, I get the "Work Offline" stuff going on.
>
> So, if I go into /etc/dbus-1/system.d/NetworkManager.conf, I inserted in line 18 (all on one line):
> <deny send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager" send_member="state"/>
>
> (That's in the 'policy at_console="true" ' section of the file in
> case yours is arranged a little differently for whatever reason.)
>

Do you have more than one login session running when you see this
issue?

 - Alexander