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Bug 88498 - Network applets break after IP change
Network applets break after IP change
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-applets
Classification: Other
Component: mailcheck
2.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
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Assigned To: gnome-applets Maintainers
gnome-applets Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-07-18 10:41 UTC by Ross Golder
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.0


Description Ross Golder 2002-07-18 10:41:31 UTC 
If I log into GNOME2 on my laptop at home, do some work, then move the
laptop to another network and obtain a new DHCP address, my mailcheck and
weathercheck panel applets both state they can't connect to their
respective servers. Normal apps (e.g. Evolution) continue to work without
requiring a restart, but panel applets do not.

One workaround I've found is to 'killall gnome-panel', after which the
applets start working again. Obviously, this shouldn't be necessary :)
Comment 1 Ross Golder 2002-08-02 10:53:14 UTC 
I've also found that if I do a full 'ifdown eth0; ifup eth0', the
applets continue to work. It's only when I kill and restart 'pump
-ieth0' that it causes problems.
Comment 2 Luis Villa 2002-08-06 23:33:54 UTC 
Weird. And definitely annoying for laptop users.
Comment 3 Mark McLoughlin 2002-08-11 12:55:14 UTC 
*** Bug 88695 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Ross Golder 2002-08-11 16:51:45 UTC 
Mark, that bug is pretty unrelated. I guess you got the wrong bug
number  :) Can we unmark it as a duplicate?
Comment 5 Mark McLoughlin 2002-08-11 22:12:44 UTC 
Sure, I got the wrong bug. Thanks for pointing it out :-)
Comment 6 Vincent Untz 2003-05-28 13:08:55 UTC 
I suppose it's still happening (I can't verify right now).
mailcheck applet is now in gnome-applets, so moving the bug there.
Comment 7 Kevin Vandersloot 2003-05-28 13:36:49 UTC 
Note that mailcheck connects differently than gweather/stock ticker.
Both gweather/stock ticker use gnome vfs to connect and there's a bug
open in the gnome-vfs module about this.
Comment 8 Ross Golder 2003-09-30 02:58:03 UTC 
I might as well close this bug. It doesn't affect me any more, and as
Mark says, there is already a bug fiiled (/fixed?) against gnome-vfs.