How does "network" start in KDE?

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#1

Hi!
I noticed several times that Network-service doesnt start during login. KDE start but i have to start “network” manual with “sudo rcnetwork restart”.

Where in KDE-startup do execute “network”?

I run OS11.1 and KDE4.1

#2

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Just to be clear this probably isn’t related to KDE at all unless you
are using Network Manager in which case it’s probably normal unless you
change it back to Traditional which auto-starts. Please post the output
from the following commands:

chkconfig --list | grep -i network

#As root:
rcnetwork status

Good luck.

ronnys wrote:
> Hi!
> I noticed several times that Network-service doesnt start during login.
> KDE start but i have to start “network” manual with “sudo rcnetwork
> restart”.
>
> Where in KDE-startup do execute “network”?
>
> I run OS11.1 and KDE4.1
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#3

Yes i use “NetworkManagement” since this is a laptop and i connect trough wlan.

chkconfig:
network 0: off 1: off 2: on 3: on 4: off 5: on 6: off
network-remotefs 0: off 1: off 2: on 3: on 4: off 5: on 6: off

rcnetwork status:
Checking for the NetworkManager: running

Yes everything seems ok, but i have startet “network” manual. What can prevent “network” from starting?

RS

#4

So my questions are;
Where is the service: network called when KDE is starting up after login? Where is “Network Manager” executed?

What can prevent this from starting?

#5

Networkmanager is called from rcnetwork script during boot process. You can check if is running with

ps -A |grep NetworkManager

I’m not sure if there are any issues with KDE4 that might kill it. The only thing I have to compare with, is that sometimes after a resume, I also need to restart it, but more often than not, it is just a matter of restarting knetworkmanager. Not sure why these don’t always play nicely.

cat /var/log/NetworkManager may also yield some clues…

#6

I think we can conclude that “network” and “Network Manager” is not stable in OS11.1
But for me it seem the problem is mostly the service “network” that refuse to start and not “Network Manager”. When i right-click on NM it says “Network is not running”.

#7

ronnys wrote:
> I think we can conclude that “network” and “Network Manager” is not
> stable in OS11.1

No. The network and NetworkManager are perfectly stable.

> But for me it seem the problem is mostly the service “network” that
> refuse to start and not “Network Manager”. When i right-click on NM it
> says “Network is not running”.

Have you configured it. If the network was not available at
installation, then it will not be available.

#8

Of course i’ve configured it!
It was workning perfect for 2-3 weeks, but suddenly it stopp workning.
This has happen for me on 2 different laptops.

It works in the beginning, but then it suddenly refuse to start during boot/login.

RS

#9

Hi,

I had this problem after updating to kde4.2

All I did to fix it was to got to kmenu, personal settings, advanced, autostart
I then added knetworkmanager as an autostart program, applied and rebooted and that fixed my problem.

freddo

#10

hi,

i have the same problem. after a reboot my network is down and i have to start it manual. then it works. i checked the runlevels and the network configuration in yast. all is fine. i use the traditional “ifup” method. the same problem is with my keyboard. after a reboot i have to change it manual and then it works.

a very strange effect also was after the new installation last week. 2 days later i start my system and grub was lost on my system.

can somebody help me or give me some hints?

thanks, uwe

my system:
os 11.1 / kde 4.1
Linux ug-base 2.6.27.7-9-pae #1 SMP 2008-12-04 18:10:04 +0100 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

#11

This worked for me, except that the dialog wouldn’t accept knetworkmanager as a program. Only as a script, and with the whole path/filename: /opt/kde3/bin/knetworkmanager

#12

I also had this problem. I just removed it and replaced it with the gnome network manager
It works better now.