[old post - solved] Network Manager Plasmoid crashes

[doctordruidphd]

Just for the fun of it, I copied my kubuntu-8.10 system on an external disk, and upgraded it to JJ. I was careful to copy over the new kernel and initrd into grub's boot directory. It boots up fine. But when I try to add the network manager plasmoid, it crashes plasma. I get a blank screen and a crash message, then after a minute or two it restarts itself -- without the nm plasmoid. Nor can I get the old knetworkmanager to work -- the release notes say it's there, but there is no executable in /usr/bin or anywhere else. A bunch of .desktop stuff, but nothing that runs. Same issues with network-manager-kde -- installs some doc files, but no binaries. Removing and reinstalling did not change anything. Am I missing something, or just alpha problems?

Oh, I should add, the network card seems to work OK, just no interface to it.

[jepong]

Re: Network Manager Plasmoid crashes

have same results with my MSI Wind u100x.

eth0 is working fine but wireless and mobile broadband have bugs.

Hope things get better with Alpha 5 this weekend.

[doctordruidphd]

Re: Network Manager Plasmoid crashes

Update - today's update, 200+mb, did not fix the problem.
When I try to add the Networks - Manage Network Connections widget, it crashes Plasma with error 11 and restarts the desktop. I'm assuming this update is alpha-5. Does this work for others? I really would like to get this straightened out, as JJ is a lot faster than II on this system.If it works for others, then there is something about my system that needs fixing.

[DERG]

Re: Network Manager Plasmoid crashes

1st thing when I booted up was a message about the nepomukservicestub error. It suggested updating Python, python-minimal, libsmbclient, libgmp3cz, x11common, python-central, libwbclient0, libpulse0 & libxftz. While I was at it, I did a system update as well as adding plasmas.
After update & rebooting I'm having issues, too. Weather plasma quit working & after opening add widgets it crashes! Later, my whole desktop goes black & doesn't reset. I rebooted & removed a few plasmas that I had installed earlier, thinking that might help but crashed again! Not sure what to do next.

[panamade]

Re: Network Manager Plasmoid crashes

Similar problems here. Only much worse. I upgraded from 8.10 and it seemed to go smoothly. Then I read on Kubuntu's upgrade instructions page that the new Knetwork manager might be missing. I tried to install the new one from the widget toolbar button, then it screwed everything up. My display went haywire, and I could still see a bigger cursor and move it around, but no response. I manually restarted, and now it won't even boot up.

Instead, during the boot process, it shows this:

kinit: No resume image, doing normal boot...
mount:mounting /dev/disk/... failed: Invalid argument
mount: mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting /sys " "
mount: mounting /proc " "
Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init.
No init found. Try passing init=bootarg.

Busybox v1.10.2 built-in shell

(initramfs) <-- it stops here, waiting for me to input.

I have no idea what to do now.

What I really want to do is just get back into the desktop once so I can backup my files and do a fresh installation. Like somebody said above, things seem to be missing from /usr, so I don't think everything's been loaded at this point. Anybody know a way I could get back in to my desktop, or burn a dvd from here?

Sucks...

[doctordruidphd]

Re: Network Manager Plasmoid crashes

OK, I forgot about this thread, and I should have marked it solved along time ago.
The solution to the networking problem I was having is that there is no solution. The upgrade didn't properly install the network management plasmoid. Two workarounds: 1) install wicd, and 2) fresh install, which I did, and the plasmoid was properly installed.

As to panamade's problem, it seems to be more serious than networking; something has messed up your initramfs. Try selecting the rescue option from the boot menu, login (if you can) and type:

sudo update-initramfs -u

If that doesn't get you up and running, start a new thread on the problem.