[Bug 284596] Re: nm-applet fails when another user is logged in
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On 2008-07-21T08:10:53+00:00 Avi wrote:
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Description of problem:
When multiple users are logged in, the NetworkManager applet will only work for one of them. If one of the other users need to interact with NetworkManager, they are screwed.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NetworkManager-0.7.0-0.9.4.svn3675.fc9.x86_64
How reproducible:
Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot system
2. Log in, nm-applet loads and connects automatically
3. Log in as another user, keeping previous user logged in
4. Look in vain for the applet. Starting nm-applet from the command line won't work.
Actual Results:
No NetworkManager applet.
Expected Results:
NetworkManager applet in all its glory.
Additional info:
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On 2008-07-22T20:33:24+00:00 Andre wrote:
This might be related to bug #449976 concerning the inability to set whether the
NetworkManager applet appears on a per-user basis.
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On 2008-09-08T15:07:45+00:00 Alexey wrote:
*** Bug 460843 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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On 2008-10-01T13:46:24+00:00 Mitch wrote:
This bug drives me crazy. If I leave my computer going, and the screen
locks, then someone else (who logs in with their own username) can't
control the wireless network. Dialog boxes pop up in the person who
first logged in. Please please fix!
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On 2008-10-19T22:12:23+00:00 Mitch wrote:
Has this bug been fixed for Fedora 10? Would really really love to see
it fixed.
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On 2009-01-10T14:23:05+00:00 Charles-Henri wrote:
Hello,
This bug still apply to Fedora 10 unfortunatly.
I also suffer from this bug ...
Thank you very much for your help !
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On 2009-01-10T22:45:22+00:00 Mitch wrote:
This one's a royal pain, eh?
I want to tell you about how I have worked around this bug. It is a
workaround, not a fix.
- Create a script called /usr/local/bin/grab-network
#! /bin/bash
sudo killall -1 nm-applet
sleep 1
nohup nm-applet < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 &
sleep 1
- chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/grab-network
- Run visudo, and add these lines:
Cmnd_Alias GRAB_NETWORK = /usr/bin/killall -1 nm-applet
and
# Allows people in grab_network group to restart wireless.
%grab_network ALL = NOPASSWD: GRAB_NETWORK
- Create a new group in /etc/group called "grab_network".
- Add users who you want to be able to grab the network, to this group.
- On the desktop for each of these users, create a launcher to
/usr/local/bin/grab-network.
As I said, a workaround, not a fix.
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On 2009-01-11T11:29:22+00:00 Charles-Henri wrote:
Hi !
thanks for the workaround.
In fact this bug is not very annoying as long as the user who logged
first is still logged. But when this user log out other users cannot use
the network any more unless they log out and in again.
Still, should a bug zapper or the maintener mark this bug as belonging
to F10 so that it is still valid when F9 will be end of life ? Thanks !
Cheers,
Ch
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On 2009-01-13T13:07:42+00:00 Magnus wrote:
This bug may be solved..
I did experience it earlier, but now using:
Fedora 10 on 2.6.27.9-159.fc10.x86_64 #1 SMP
..with..
NetworkManager-0.7.0-1.git20090102.fc10.x86_64
NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0-1.git20090102.fc10.x86_64
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-1.git20090102.fc10.x86_64
I do not longer get this problem. NetworkManager icon appears whatever
user I switch to.
Can someone else verify this?
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On 2009-01-13T13:30:11+00:00 Alexey wrote:
still persist for x86
[axet at axet-laptop ~]$ rpm -qa|grep Network
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-1.git20090102.fc10.i386
NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0-1.git20090102.fc10.i386
NetworkManager-0.7.0-1.git20090102.fc10.i386
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On 2009-01-13T13:48:52+00:00 Charles-Henri wrote:
Same for me on x86 it still persists with the latest NetworkManager
packages
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On 2009-01-13T16:31:02+00:00 Magnus wrote:
I thought perhaps me running Compiz-Fusion was the thing.. not sure if
that was correct..
I turned off Compiz-Fusion (via the Desktop Effects control in the
System menu) and the problem did returned.. though, once I turn on
Desktop Effects again.. the problem stayed.
So now I again have the same problem. I can not reproduce this, even
after reboot. I keep getting the missing NetworkManager icon all the
time now.
My "Compiz Fusion" installation includes
compiz-fusion-extras-gnome-0.7.8-2.fc10.x86_64
compiz-0.7.8-4.fc10.x86_64
compiz-fusion-gnome-0.7.8-2.fc10.x86_64
compiz-fusion-0.7.8-2.fc10.x86_64
compiz-gnome-0.7.8-4.fc10.x86_64
libcompizconfig-0.7.8-1.fc10.x86_64
compizconfig-python-0.7.8-1.fc10.x86_64
compiz-fusion-extras-0.7.8-2.fc10.x86_64
ccsm-0.7.8-1.fc10.noarch
emerald-0.7.6-2.fc10.x86_64
emerald-themes-0.5.2-2.fc8.noarch
When I didn't have the problem I got a notification about connected
established to my Wireless network.
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On 2009-01-22T00:04:10+00:00 Martin wrote:
*** Bug 453985 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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On 2009-02-05T00:06:51+00:00 Dan wrote:
*** Bug 372171 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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On 2009-03-23T21:52:22+00:00 Dan wrote:
*** Bug 490850 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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On 2009-04-09T20:11:09+00:00 Niels wrote:
same in rawhide with:
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0.100-1.fc11.x86_64
NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0.100-1.fc11.x86_64
NetworkManager-0.7.0.100-1.fc11.x86_64
try to run nm-applet while another user is logged in result in:
** (nm-applet:5442): WARNING **: <WARN>
applet_dbus_manager_start_service(): Could not acquire the
NetworkManagerUserSettings service as it is already taken. Return: 3
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On 2009-06-19T15:39:56+00:00 Sebastian wrote:
(In reply to comment #15)
> same in rawhide with:
>
> NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0.100-1.fc11.x86_64
> NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0.100-1.fc11.x86_64
> NetworkManager-0.7.0.100-1.fc11.x86_64
>
> try to run nm-applet while another user is logged in result in:
>
> ** (nm-applet:5442): WARNING **: <WARN> applet_dbus_manager_start_service():
> Could not acquire the NetworkManagerUserSettings service as it is already
> taken. Return: 3
Maybe it's another bug but I too get this error message (only single
user, no locked screen etc) whenever I want to start nm-applet.
I'm running f11 (fresh install) and version NM 0.7.1-4.git20090414.fc11.
In f10, everything was fine.
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On 2009-06-23T07:56:27+00:00 Christian wrote:
A remark regarding authorization:
If a connection has been made and the user chooses to fast-user-switch
to another account, this other account should not be able to tamper with
already established connections, only if he has the appropriate rights
to do so (via policykit).
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On 2009-06-26T14:37:15+00:00 Tomasz wrote:
*** Bug 508294 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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On 2009-09-29T03:12:11+00:00 Andre wrote:
Bug #508294 was reported against F11, so this bug should have its
Version bumped to 11 (certainly before F10 goes EOL).
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On 2009-09-29T07:12:55+00:00 Martin wrote:
I see this in F11 too.
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On 2009-09-29T08:26:51+00:00 Alexey wrote:
f12 - the same
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On 2009-10-25T14:06:03+00:00 Need wrote:
Definitely still in F11. I did something similar to comment #5 some
months ago but forgot to check for the existence of the bug. It is
absolutely related to fast user switch, specifically the nm-applet can
only be executed once, but must be owned by the currently active user.
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On 2009-10-29T13:54:28+00:00 mathieu wrote:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_manager
#Problems_starting_nm-applet_as_normal_user may perhaps help...
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On 2009-11-16T08:09:48+00:00 Bug wrote:
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 12 development cycle.
Changing version to '12'.
More information and reason for this action is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
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On 2010-03-22T02:33:19+00:00 Martin wrote:
This is still broken in F13 alpha, and has been forever.
Running from the command line for the second user gets:
% nm-applet
An instance of nm-applet is already running.
%
Of course the other instance is for the first user so no help at all.
Is there any plan to address this since it's a gaping hole in fast-user-
switching support (which otherwise works excellently these days)?
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On 2010-06-06T20:48:31+00:00 JD wrote:
Still broken in F13 release, any updates?
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On 2010-06-07T11:35:09+00:00 Jirka wrote:
The feature is not implemented yet.
Nevertheless, the subject is currently being discussed on the networkmanager-list:
http://markmail.org/message/pue7dnf3j3irhqzl
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On 2011-01-28T02:08:50+00:00 Martin wrote:
This is to be addressed in NM 0.9 I think? Hopefully that will be in F15
but as of F14 this is still broken,
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On 2011-04-19T21:48:05+00:00 Dan wrote:
Correct, this is addressed in 0.9 and Fedora 15 and later. It works
there, but it won't ever work in NM 0.8 and earlier (f14/f13). Given
that, I'm going to mark as fixed since it's been working in F15 for a
few months already. A large part of NM 0.9 was rearchitecting to make
stuff like FUS possible.
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On 2011-04-22T15:29:06+00:00 Max wrote:
another workaround: http://sourceforge.net/projects/nm-applet-guard/
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** Changed in: network-manager (Fedora)
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
** Changed in: network-manager (Fedora)
Importance: Unknown => Medium
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