Package: network-manager-gnome Version: 0.8.1-2 Severity: normal I tried to create an Ad-Hoc WiFi network but it failed due to dnsmasq not being installed. Luckily I figured I should look at syslog:
Dec 2 20:08:09 chianamo NetworkManager[1956]: <error> [1291291689.837124] [nm-device.c:2434] start_sharing(): (wlan0/wlan0): failed to start dnsmasq: Could not find dnsmasq binary There should be some feedback in the UI if it fails due dnsmasq / iptables / etc being missing. Preferably the creation dialog should detect lack of those binaries and present an error message instead of allowing the user to attempt to create the connection. After I installed dnsmasq-base, creating an ad-hoc network worked fine. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (550, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.36-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages network-manager-gnome depends on: ii dbus-x11 1.2.24-3 simple interprocess messaging syst ii gconf2 2.28.1-6 GNOME configuration database syste ii gnome-icon-theme 2.30.3-2 GNOME Desktop icon theme ii libatk1.0-0 1.30.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6 2.11.2-7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcairo2 1.8.10-6 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.24-3 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.88-2 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-2.1 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.4.2-2.1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgconf2-4 2.28.1-6 GNOME configuration database syste ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.4-1 library to load .glade files at ru ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.2-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgnome-bluetooth7 2.30.0-2 GNOME Bluetooth tools - support li ii libgnome-keyring0 2.30.1-1 GNOME keyring services library ii libgtk2.0-0 2.20.1-2 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libnm-glib-vpn1 0.8.1-4 network management framework (GLib ii libnm-glib2 0.8.1-4 network management framework (GLib ii libnm-util1 0.8.1-4 network management framework (shar ii libnotify1 [libnotify1- 0.5.0-2 sends desktop notifications to a n ii libpango1.0-0 1.28.3-1 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library ii network-manager 0.8.1-4 network management framework daemo ii policykit-1-gnome 0.96-3 GNOME authentication agent for Pol ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime Versions of packages network-manager-gnome recommends: ii gnome-bluetooth 2.30.0-2 GNOME Bluetooth tools ii libpam-gnome-keyring [libpam- 2.30.3-4 PAM module to unlock the GNOME key ii mobile-broadband-provider-inf 20101106-1 database of mobile broadband servi ii notification-daemon 0.5.0-2 daemon to displays passive pop-up Versions of packages network-manager-gnome suggests: ii network-manager-openvpn-gnome 0.8.1-1 network management framework (Open pn network-manager-pptp-gnome <none> (no description available) pn network-manager-vpnc-gnome <none> (no description available) -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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