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Re: Network centre problem?
« Reply #30 on: April 12, 2012, 06:15:04 AM »
Well, it is obvious by now that this a wider spread problem than each of us individually thought.

This is a more recent problem for me. As I never had this problem in the past.


Same same same ... A recent problem.

Right now I see this:



I am connected wireless but don't see the signal indicator. (Isn't the case after a fresh reboot).
After a try to disconnect this icon pops up and seems to stay there till shutdown.


Exactly what mine looks like. At least now that this is known , hopefully it will be fixed by those more knowledgeable than I.
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Re: Network centre problem?
« Reply #31 on: April 12, 2012, 06:20:52 AM »

Screenshot of gkrell net monitor.  Something changed between 10 March/17 March.

Still monitors net traffic, but no connection times.

there has been an update of drakx-net package and the underlying libs ... which is the package responsible for detecting the connectivity ...

which kernel are you running ?


Up till 2 days ago was kernel-2.6.38.8-pclos1.pae.bfs , currently kernel-3.2.13-pclos5.pae.bfs .

Noticed netapplet fault last week.
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Re: Network centre problem?
« Reply #32 on: April 12, 2012, 06:26:50 AM »

Screenshot of gkrell net monitor.  Something changed between 10 March/17 March.

Still monitors net traffic, but no connection times.

there has been an update of drakx-net package and the underlying libs ... which is the package responsible for detecting the connectivity ...

which kernel are you running ?


Up till 2 days ago was kernel-2.6.38.8-pclos1.pae.bfs , currently kernel-3.2.13-pclos5.pae.bfs .

Noticed netapplet fault last week.

could you please run the following from a terminal ?
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rpm -qa --last | grep drakx-net

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Re: Network centre problem?
« Reply #33 on: April 12, 2012, 06:28:50 AM »
I don't know if this is a related problem but I throw it out there in case it is.

When I first boot up and since I have had the connection problem, Firefox runs and runs and runs. You can hear it working overtime for some reason. When I close it and launch it again it won't start. It says Firefox already running and not responding.
If I do a ctrl-esc and end it , I am fine after that. I can close it and open it with no problem.
I mention this because it happened around the same time as the network center problem.
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Re: Network centre problem?
« Reply #34 on: April 12, 2012, 06:37:45 AM »
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[user@XPS ~]$ rpm -qa --last | grep drakx-net
drakx-net-0.87-11pclos2012                    Mon 02 Apr 2012 17:23:53 IST
drakx-net-text-0.87-11pclos2012               Mon 02 Apr 2012 17:23:37 IST
libdrakx-net-0.87-11pclos2012                 Mon 02 Apr 2012 17:23:36 IST

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[user@XPS ~]$ uname -a
Linux XPS 3.2.14-pclos7.pae.bfs #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 4 10:21:34 CEST 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Icon problem is present since I updated drakx packages to overcome the permanent presence of the disconnected icon (red X), if I remember correctly.
Sorry, I did not report it as it never interferes .....  :(

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Re: Network centre problem?
« Reply #35 on: April 12, 2012, 06:38:35 AM »

Screenshot of gkrell net monitor.  Something changed between 10 March/17 March.

Still monitors net traffic, but no connection times.

there has been an update of drakx-net package and the underlying libs ... which is the package responsible for detecting the connectivity ...

which kernel are you running ?


Up till 2 days ago was kernel-2.6.38.8-pclos1.pae.bfs , currently kernel-3.2.13-pclos5.pae.bfs .

Noticed netapplet fault last week.

could you please run the following from a terminal ?
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rpm -qa --last | grep drakx-net

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[uggy@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa --last | grep drakx-net
drakx-net-0.87-11pclos2012                    Sun 01 Apr 2012 10:09:21 PM BST
drakx-net-text-0.87-11pclos2012               Sun 01 Apr 2012 10:09:15 PM BST
libdrakx-net-0.87-11pclos2012                 Sun 01 Apr 2012 10:09:14 PM BST
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Re: Network centre problem?
« Reply #36 on: April 12, 2012, 06:38:52 AM »
could you please run the following from a terminal ?
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rpm -qa --last | grep drakx-net


Hi AS, thought I run the same (wondering as always)

[willem@Home-PC ~]$ rpm -qa --last | grep drakx-net
drakx-net-0.87-11pclos2012                    Tue 03 Apr 2012 08:51:57 AM PHT
drakx-net-text-0.87-11pclos2012               Tue 03 Apr 2012 08:51:52 AM PHT
libdrakx-net-0.87-11pclos2012                 Tue 03 Apr 2012 08:51:51 AM PHT

That date could very well be the time the trouble started.

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Re: Network centre problem?
« Reply #37 on: April 12, 2012, 06:57:32 AM »
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[user@XPS ~]$ rpm -qa --last | grep drakx-net
drakx-net-0.87-11pclos2012                    Mon 02 Apr 2012 17:23:53 IST
drakx-net-text-0.87-11pclos2012               Mon 02 Apr 2012 17:23:37 IST
libdrakx-net-0.87-11pclos2012                 Mon 02 Apr 2012 17:23:36 IST

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[user@XPS ~]$ uname -a
Linux XPS 3.2.14-pclos7.pae.bfs #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 4 10:21:34 CEST 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Icon problem is present since I updated drakx packages to overcome the permanent presence of the disconnected icon (red X), if I remember correctly.
Sorry, I did not report it as it never interferes .....  :(



drakx-net was patched to reflect a change in kernels > 3.0.x which lead to not detect properly the connection and ultimately to display the red X icon, however the change *should* not affect anything when using a kernel 2.6.38.8 and is really active only when using newer kernels.

the report from uggy related to gkrellm plugin seems to suggest that the problem is not directly related (connectivity not detected from March, drakx-net installed on April ...).

I will try to investigate a bit further ...

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Re: Network centre problem?
« Reply #38 on: April 12, 2012, 08:08:36 AM »
AS

Just to let you know,

Un-installed gkrellm - deleted config files, reinstalled. Now working OK.

NetApplet & Network Centre problem still exists.

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Re: Network centre problem?
« Reply #39 on: April 12, 2012, 08:12:24 AM »
AS

Just to let you know,

Un-installed gkrellm - deleted config files, reinstalled. Now working OK.

NetApplet & Network Centre problem still exists.

Thanks!

One problem less!  :D

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Re: Network centre problem?
« Reply #40 on: April 12, 2012, 08:17:43 AM »
AS

Just to let you know,

Un-installed gkrellm - deleted config files, reinstalled. Now working OK.

NetApplet & Network Centre problem still exists.

Thanks!

One problem less!  :D

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Re: Network centre problem?
« Reply #41 on: April 12, 2012, 10:29:39 AM »
Fixed!  :D

drakx-net package sent to dropbox, probably available tomorrow as update.  ;)

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Re: Network centre problem?
« Reply #42 on: April 12, 2012, 02:35:45 PM »
Excellent! Thanks for taking on and fixing problem. I'll check for the update in the next couple of days.

Cheers for now

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Re: Network centre problem?
« Reply #43 on: April 12, 2012, 03:48:28 PM »
Thanks AS . Certainly appreciate all your efforts.  :)
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Re: Network centre problem?
« Reply #44 on: April 12, 2012, 03:54:23 PM »
Fixed!  :D

drakx-net package sent to dropbox, probably available tomorrow as update.  ;)

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