[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#730437: network-manager: fails to start

[Laurent Bigonville]

LRN wrote:
> On 11.12.2013 14:44, Laurent Bigonville wrote:
> > Well, the problem here is the missing 
> > NetworkManager-dispatcher.service service file, I've fix this in 
> > the git repository[0].
> > 
> > Could you please try to remove the symlink you have created and 
> > install this file instead?
> > 
> > [0]http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-utopia/network-manager.git;a=commitdiff;h=4f5bce36fa1480b213c770fd4cdcbb35bb954b22
> >
> >
> > 
> $ sudo apt-get install -t experimental network-manager=0.9.8.8-2
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Version '0.9.8.8-2' for 'network-manager' was not found
> 
> So - no, i can't.
> Also, i am not the original poster, just decided to report here,
> since NM crashes for me exactly the same way the OP described it, and
> unlike OP i know how to use gdb. I am, however, somewhat reluctant to
> install stuff via anything other than dpkg/apt.

Well it's a matter of removing the symlink and
adding /lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager-dispatcher.service with the
following content:

[Unit] Description=Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service

[Service]
Type=dbus
BusName=org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher
ExecStart=/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dispatcher.action

[Install]
Alias=dbus-org.freedesktop.nm-dispatcher.service

You might need to run systemctl enable NetworkManager afterwards.

This file will be shipped in the next upload, just to confirm it's
working for you

Cheers

Laurent Bigonville