Package: gnome-nettool Version: 2.30.0-2 Severity: important I can't ping using gnome-nettool. I ran it as root from ther terminal, it brought up the gui. What it is trying to do is this.
command: /bin/ping ping -b -c 5 -n google.com If I try running the same exact think from the terminal it doesn't work either - # /bin/ping ping -b -c 5 -n google.com PING google.com (72.14.204.103) 56(124) bytes of data. --- google.com ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4005ms However if I take out the /bin/ping or the ping and just run either - # /bin/ping -b -c 5 -n google.com or ping -b -c 5 -n google.com it works - 64 bytes from 72.14.204.99: icmp_req=1 ttl=53 time=51.5 ms 64 bytes from 72.14.204.99: icmp_req=2 ttl=53 time=38.5 ms 64 bytes from 72.14.204.99: icmp_req=3 ttl=53 time=39.7 ms 64 bytes from 72.14.204.99: icmp_req=4 ttl=53 time=38.0 ms 64 bytes from 72.14.204.99: icmp_req=5 ttl=53 time=59.1 ms --- google.com ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4006ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 38.086/45.410/59.122/8.481 ms So apprently gnome-nettool is trying to run /bin/ping ping and that is what is making it not work just as it didn't work either for me when I type in the termina /bin/ping ping -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages gnome-nettool depends on: ii dnsutils 1:9.7.2.dfsg.P2-1 Clients provided with BIND ii iputils-ping [ping] 3:20100418-3 Tools to test the reachability of ii libc6 2.11.2-7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgconf2-4 2.28.1-6 GNOME configuration database syste ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.2-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.20.1-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libgtop2-7 2.28.1-1 gtop system monitoring library (sh ii libpango1.0-0 1.28.3-1 Layout and rendering of internatio ii net-tools 1.60-23 The NET-3 networking toolkit ii tcptraceroute 1.5beta7+debian-4 traceroute implementation using TC ii whois 5.0.8 an intelligent whois client gnome-nettool recommends no packages. Versions of packages gnome-nettool suggests: ii gnome-system-tools 2.30.2-2 Cross-platform configuration utili -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
