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

[Christophe Lohr]

Le 27/06/2010 14:22, Yves-Alexis Perez a écrit :
> 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, please ask first your
>> system administrator to disable Network Manager, or to unisnstall it. ;-)
>>      
> Doesn't this sound like #584200 or #582358?
>    

Sorry, you're right.

> 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

I'm ok if Evo asks NM about network interfaces, and _suggests_ the 
offline mode.
However:
- Evo should look at interfaces not managed by NM;
- the user must be able to change this descision.


> (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).

More precisely: NM do what it want for a given set of interfaces. A 
system may have several interfaces, some are managed by NM, other not.

> 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)
>    

Thank you.

Regards