Network Center [ Fixed ]

[sakman]

I was having a problem with launching the "Network Center" settings icon. This started a day after receiving my AA1 and running the software updates.

I didn't see a fix on this board short of re-installing from the recovery CD.

I looked through the startup log - at the terminal:

$ dmesg |more

and saw that the Network Manager applet (nm-applet) had failed to start. So I tried running it by hand:

$ nm-applet

but it failed with a bunch of Gtk errors dumped to the screen.

One of the errors said there was an empty string in /system/networking/connections/2.

That path is in the home directory, under the .gconf directory. So I explored that area and I saw that there were 4 directories under connections: 1, 2, 3, 4. There were empty %gconf.xml files all over the place and sure enough, nothing under the "2" directory other than an empty %gconf.xml file.

However, under the "4" directory there were subdirectories and xml files that indicated the connection I had made at my work WLAN.

So I got back into my home directory, renamed the .gconf directory:

$ mv .gconf .gconf.orig

and restarted the system.

Sure enough, once the system came up the nm-applet was running in the status bar. When I clicked on the Network Center icon it actually launched and I was able to set up a new connection for my home WLAN.

 

[madisonman]

Could you do a simple step-by-step with only the solution for someone new to the system?

Edit:

Am a rookie. Only have to type in the move command. Seems to work. Thank You! You saved my vacation.

 

[sakman]

For me it was just moving the .gconf directory. It might have been possible to do the same thing by just removing the numbered directories under the connections directory.

Anyway...

- ALT-F2 to open a terminal window.
- In the terminal, type: mv .gconf .gconf.orig
- Restart the system.

When the system comes up a new .gconf directory is created in your home directory.

Hope this helps.

 

[jisaac]

I had the same problem yesterday after a live update!

I had to rename/delete ".gconf" and ".optsdksettings" to get it solved!

 

[duncan58]

I too lost my network connection after live update, and could not figure out how to get it back. I was just about to chuck this Linpus thing until I saw your posts. I put the following commands in terminal

mv .gconf .gconf.orig
mv .optsdksettings .optsdksettings.orig

I then rebooted and it works.

Now if I could only get my webcam to work.