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Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools
Hi! I have a Dell Latitude D620 laptop, which includes both wireless and
Ethernet adapters. For some reason, the network-admin applet doesn't
seem to work anymore. It worked just fine a couple of hours ago.
I have an ADSL modem+router that allows both wired and wireless
connection at home. I prefer to use wireless, and it worked just fine
until this morning. I went to school, where I use a wired connection.
Everything (at home and at school) is DHCP-configured.
For some reason when I got home I couldn't get the network-admin applet
to do anything. I would click on the network icon on the panel, pick my
ssid and enter the password for the wireless link, enable DHCP, click
OK, and nothing happens.
As far as I can tell, some Perl scripts are frozen:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps -A -f |grep perl
root 6151 1 0 21:09 ? 00:00:00 perl
/usr/share//system-tools-backends-2.0/scripts/SystemToolsBackends.pl -m
HostsConfig
root 6155 1 0 21:09 ? 00:00:00 perl
/usr/share//system-tools-backends-2.0/scripts/SystemToolsBackends.pl -m Platform
root 6161 1 1 21:09 ? 00:00:00 perl
/usr/share//system-tools-backends-2.0/scripts/SystemToolsBackends.pl -m
IfacesConfig
bogdanb 6234 6057 0 21:09 pts/0 00:00:00 grep perl
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I couldn't get the wired connection either, but I'm not sure if it's because
there's some process hanging. (I did kill the perl scripts before trying,
though.)
After several trials I had to enable the wired connection by hand
("ifconfig eth0 up" and "dhclient eth0"). I have no idea how to start
the wireless by hand, though.
Let me know if there's any info that I can give to elucidate this.
** Affects: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
Status: Incomplete
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Network-config doesn't start the network
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/79633
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