[Evolution] Bug#587302: Bug#587302: evolution: Forced offline by error

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

retitle 582358 impossible to override offline mode when using network-manager
forcemerge 582358 584200 587302
thanks

On dim., 2010-06-27 at 10:51 +0200, clohr wrote:
> Evolution assumes that Network Manager is the only way to have network on a
> system. Note that interfaces can either be managed by "/etc/network/interfaces"
> or by Network Manager. However, if interfaces managed by NM are disconected,
> Evo thinks there is no network at all, and start offline. Moreover, it refuses
> to switch to online mode, eaven if the user requests it.
> 
> Possible workarround: before using Evo in online mode, plase ask first your
> system administrator to disable Network Manager, or to unisnstall it. ;-) 

Doesn't this sound like #584200 or #582358?

Now, like for all the other bug reports, I don't have network-manager
(and I'm not interested in it), so I can't test. Maybe there's a bug and
people should be able to override the offline mode even when using
network-manager (though imho the whole point of NM is to give it your
network keys and let it do what it want, if you don't like it, don't use
it at all). But I have no way to check, so your best bet is to open the
bug *upstream* (there's now a text asking for that when using
reportbug), so you can explain exactly the wanted behavior and argue
with them (check before if there's no upstream issue already opened,
though)

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis
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