Ubuntu
knetworkmanager package

  1. Bug #86680
  2. Comment #42

Comment 42 for bug 86680

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Rob Landley (rob-landley) wrote : Re: [Bug 86680] Re: knetworkmanager stops kde applications from accessing the network

On Thursday 31 January 2008 11:42:33 Luis F. López M. wrote:
> Any news about this bug?

Dunno. I just ripped it out and use the attached script instead. I did
an "add applet to panel" to make a button to run it via sudo. It's annoying
that it prompts me for a password, but not enough to put more effort into it.

I'll try again next release, I suppose. (I really should try the betas this
time...)

The fact that there's code in konqueror and such to LET this thing shut down
the entire network is _stupid_. It shouldn't have the OPPORTUNITY to
malfunction in such a way that unrelated programs stop listening to the
network. That's brain-damaged at the design level. What were they smoking?
Attempts to access the network return "no route to host" immediately when
there are no active interfaces. You don't need any sort of "yes dbus, there
is a network interface" flag. It's just something extra to break!

Rob
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"One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code."
  - Ken Thompson.