[Ubuntu-ch] Ubuntu 9.04 SwissRemix d-f-i-e

[Daniel Stoni]

What now - should I remove kdenetworkmanager from the remix - or does
anyone has a handy script to fix/work around?

dsto
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Myriam Schweingruber schrieb:
> Hi Theo,
> 
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 19:54, Theo Schmidt<theo.schmidt at wilhelmtux.ch> wrote:
> 
>> My own observations apart from some little things (mainly broken links) is a
>> rather serious bug in KDE: the network works OK with DHCP, but it is impossible
>> to set up a network with a manual IP. Even if it worked, the usability is
>> dreadful. Any of you notice this in Kubuntu KDE 4.2?
> 
> Well, yes, this is a known bug with the kubuntu network manager, see
> https://bugs.launchpad.net...
> bugs number 396179, 378145, 392593, 348275, etc.
> There are something like 40 network related bugs open currently, of
> which most seem to be duplicates AFAICT. So if any of our many
> unbuntu-ch members have spare time (one hour a week maybe?), bug
> triaging is a very welcome and easy to do task, no need to be a
> developer :)
> 
> FWIW, this is not a KDE bug, but a Kubuntu related one. Using the
> network-manager from Gnome or using the wicd [1] package instead of
> the network-manager-kde is an easy workaround.
> 
> That bug is partly solved in Kubuntu's KDE 4.2.95 aka RC2 (available
> in the backports-PPA, see also [2]), and should be solved in Karmic
> Koala.
> 
> 
> Regards, Myriam.
> 
> [1] type 'aptitude show wicd' in konsole to see more information about
> the package
> [2] https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+archive/backports
> 

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