- Issued:
- 2009-01-20
- Updated:
- 2009-01-20
RHEA-2009:0161 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
NetworkManager enhancement and bug fix update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated package for NetworkManager now available.
Description
This updated NetworkManager package provide the following fixes and
enhancements:
- NetworkManager would not display a LEAP password, even when the user
selected the "show password" option. This has been fixed through a rebase
to NetworkManager 0.7.
- During the beta phase, a version of NetworkManager was unable to
automatically start network interfaces for which "ONBOOT=no" was present in
the ifcfg file. NetworkManager now ignores this value unless
"NM_RESPECT_ONBOOT=yes" is also present.
- a NetworkManager plug-in was named for its upstream repository. This
could cause end-users to mistake the plug-in for an un-supported addition
to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This plug-in has been renamed to "ifcfg-rh".
- NetworkManager did not previously support wired 802.1x authentication.
This updated package adds this functionality.
- NetworkManager attempted to set a hostname, but only after X had already
done so. The user could not then open new windows because the authority
files had been set by X with a different hostname. NetworkManager no longer
sets hostnames.
- an update for NetworkManager that was available in the beta phase would
change the run level enablement of the package during installation, and
thus prevent NetworkManager from starting. NetworkManager no longer changes
run level enablements during installation.
- on a system with more than one network adapter, network keys saved by the
user while connecting with one adapter would not be available when the user
attempted to connect with the other adapter. NetworkManager can now
retrieve and use network keys saved for a different adapter on the same
network.
- previously, NetworkManager would not always prompt the user for a new
network key if the protocol or key of a wireless network changed. Although
NetworkManager would wait for a new key, it would not always open a dialog
box and allow the user to provide one. NetworkManager will now open a
dialog box when needed.
- several bug fixes and enhancements for NetworkManager were available
upstream. NetworkManager has been rebased to version 0.7 to incorporate
these improvements, including mobile broadband functionality, Phase2 WPA
support, and static IP functionality.
- NetworkManager would would cause a segmentation fault when resuming a
session. This was caused by the HAL dropping privileges before connecting
to D-Bus, meaning that the HAL could not send signals to NetworkManager.
NetworkManager now explicitly permits signals from the HAL.
- sometimes, X would freeze if the NetworkManager menu and a keyring
manager window were open at the same time. This updated package includes a
patch from upstream that prevents this behavior.
- if NetworkManager requires a network key from the user, it will open a
pop-up window. However, the applet previously could not steal focus from
metacity and would remain in the background. The window was therefore not
obvious to the user. The applet now opens in the foreground, alerting the
user to take action.
- when resuming, NetworkManager could sometimes re-establish a wireless
connection, but not a route. A fix for this problem from upstream has been
included in this update.
- NetworkManager did not previously support Cisco Airo Wi-Fi cards, as
these devices did not respond to NetworkManager's attempts to detect them.
NetworkManager can now detect and use these cards.
- the NetworkManager applet would wake up and redraw its icon once per
second, even when NetworkManager was not active. Now, the applet will not
wake up unless NetworkManager is running.
- NetworkManager 0.7 connects faster than libnotify can provide a
notification bubble. When this happens, the bubble will appear at the top
left corner of the screen, rather than under the taskbar. NetworkManager
notification bubbles are now delayed for a few seconds, allowing libnotify
to react.
NetworkManager users are advised to upgrade to this updated package if they
require the additional functionality noted above.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 435153 - RFE: Add the ability to show password when entering a LEAP password
- BZ - 437873 - Sevice run level enablment of NetworkManager & network not preserved on update
- BZ - 463261 - NetworkManager doesn't appear to set hostname quickly/early enough
- BZ - 464608 - NetworkManager keeps crashing; not entirely clear how I'm causing this; backtrace attached
- BZ - 466166 - Suspending causes there to be no route on the ipw2200 after resuming
- BZ - 467117 - Fix it so that airo with 802.1x WiFi connections works with NM
- BZ - 474879 - Wired 802.1x connection creation broken
- BZ - 476625 - NetworkManager Edit Connection window crashes when setting connection by hand
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5b1e312ef10c7e60453403acd3e417a670c423ab633fef75e4f1fe83d153ef9b |
x86_64 | |
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 3b10e48df1092aa14f6ecb6e91f1f9fb92db4630cf9367ffaebddb2563a2255f |
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5d88666c9b59519747c129835a04b2ab958b39937968aef4ecf62a50311f1218 |
NetworkManager-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1ae6454b466745cd7669334dd8c4f333876b55e2dec4228b6c279d82c04d17f1 |
NetworkManager-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 28f3770d82d988e077540fd7c579446d8d0e002d1213685811f065a80e2da53f |
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b854d2140d813bd48d05b4e504bf4586e01eea9e619583fb05ba0e2053e60fd7 |
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: de22ded75eefb1227642fe43d616e08a48a629097ee9d1181ed66f12113e4e14 |
NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ff87a8cc5f9f7cee0b47c2f8689d3dc0cb1e38978851fa69eb48219a3c744a1e |
NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 88b83e9a5d9a498d0b5c91370f5dfd50512c5f23e8a4102715923bcdd9a58788 |
NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ca539737dda1d8c826e44682060516867075a37c5343e4f888bcfaca5dfb853a |
ia64 | |
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 54003994af60df58f402b513ad031e405f2f84c43c407340465dc412e436fbac |
NetworkManager-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 8af2c385373cd2533d75388aed21db58a92343b3b05f2b375b5fcd925457c8c6 |
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-3.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 706c48d5a2a33d24bc4bf870ac1ee0de76a02b1e15f345323917e40c841ae3e8 |
NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 8ccee9a7aa8eecff26a162ac1a56e2e97b3387d2d792802795650e3e68030cfe |
NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0-3.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 5d75fd088b0d1704a8c5a79a9ca8acf4f02d16eaf973792a3defc10f45fb9589 |
i386 | |
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 3b10e48df1092aa14f6ecb6e91f1f9fb92db4630cf9367ffaebddb2563a2255f |
NetworkManager-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1ae6454b466745cd7669334dd8c4f333876b55e2dec4228b6c279d82c04d17f1 |
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b854d2140d813bd48d05b4e504bf4586e01eea9e619583fb05ba0e2053e60fd7 |
NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ff87a8cc5f9f7cee0b47c2f8689d3dc0cb1e38978851fa69eb48219a3c744a1e |
NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 92a16fe8f7da26e0271353b35279739ee199eec230583720768af0b092650e68 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5b1e312ef10c7e60453403acd3e417a670c423ab633fef75e4f1fe83d153ef9b |
x86_64 | |
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 3b10e48df1092aa14f6ecb6e91f1f9fb92db4630cf9367ffaebddb2563a2255f |
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5d88666c9b59519747c129835a04b2ab958b39937968aef4ecf62a50311f1218 |
NetworkManager-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1ae6454b466745cd7669334dd8c4f333876b55e2dec4228b6c279d82c04d17f1 |
NetworkManager-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 28f3770d82d988e077540fd7c579446d8d0e002d1213685811f065a80e2da53f |
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b854d2140d813bd48d05b4e504bf4586e01eea9e619583fb05ba0e2053e60fd7 |
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: de22ded75eefb1227642fe43d616e08a48a629097ee9d1181ed66f12113e4e14 |
NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ff87a8cc5f9f7cee0b47c2f8689d3dc0cb1e38978851fa69eb48219a3c744a1e |
NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 88b83e9a5d9a498d0b5c91370f5dfd50512c5f23e8a4102715923bcdd9a58788 |
NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ca539737dda1d8c826e44682060516867075a37c5343e4f888bcfaca5dfb853a |
i386 | |
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 3b10e48df1092aa14f6ecb6e91f1f9fb92db4630cf9367ffaebddb2563a2255f |
NetworkManager-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1ae6454b466745cd7669334dd8c4f333876b55e2dec4228b6c279d82c04d17f1 |
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b854d2140d813bd48d05b4e504bf4586e01eea9e619583fb05ba0e2053e60fd7 |
NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ff87a8cc5f9f7cee0b47c2f8689d3dc0cb1e38978851fa69eb48219a3c744a1e |
NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 92a16fe8f7da26e0271353b35279739ee199eec230583720768af0b092650e68 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5b1e312ef10c7e60453403acd3e417a670c423ab633fef75e4f1fe83d153ef9b |
x86_64 | |
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 3b10e48df1092aa14f6ecb6e91f1f9fb92db4630cf9367ffaebddb2563a2255f |
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5d88666c9b59519747c129835a04b2ab958b39937968aef4ecf62a50311f1218 |
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b854d2140d813bd48d05b4e504bf4586e01eea9e619583fb05ba0e2053e60fd7 |
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: de22ded75eefb1227642fe43d616e08a48a629097ee9d1181ed66f12113e4e14 |
NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ca539737dda1d8c826e44682060516867075a37c5343e4f888bcfaca5dfb853a |
i386 | |
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 3b10e48df1092aa14f6ecb6e91f1f9fb92db4630cf9367ffaebddb2563a2255f |
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b854d2140d813bd48d05b4e504bf4586e01eea9e619583fb05ba0e2053e60fd7 |
NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 92a16fe8f7da26e0271353b35279739ee199eec230583720768af0b092650e68 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5b1e312ef10c7e60453403acd3e417a670c423ab633fef75e4f1fe83d153ef9b |
ppc | |
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 93bc2e68a909865c233544ab41947aa1ef1b998c5081ed47e1dff3526b875056 |
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: f375960dd8d6ce614b07cd87850779675733e0a2160c9575c87d407e1683b7be |
NetworkManager-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: aecb384084c0fea4bddefb8c1c256483e0228e29c9924c4ae17e871b9392b3c0 |
NetworkManager-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 246b472a292aca59e2cf80110b9fbcc7ae564b91040c68c7232e1ccb637bcc8b |
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-3.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 249be77e712953ed89393c0eb1c0b8c6c17f5d6cb41f777edc978334c6775f03 |
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-3.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: bfddf0d1b0a2f0b24d48a95b62c3a60eb4428bfe3f6d4f379d5986d766d79298 |
NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: d471d8fa32da00e45d0cfffaefd874b88dfead31e14c193be6c6399e1f7d8b88 |
NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: cd353104b1004ff8fc62b0c3cdacbdb8e3017d75f8e5a7ed22f784944c2fca0a |
NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0-3.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 520b140e5c7267e7985e019706369ff2d4b35bfddd8d0c8083beb41e7db651af |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 5b1e312ef10c7e60453403acd3e417a670c423ab633fef75e4f1fe83d153ef9b |
x86_64 | |
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 3b10e48df1092aa14f6ecb6e91f1f9fb92db4630cf9367ffaebddb2563a2255f |
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5d88666c9b59519747c129835a04b2ab958b39937968aef4ecf62a50311f1218 |
NetworkManager-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1ae6454b466745cd7669334dd8c4f333876b55e2dec4228b6c279d82c04d17f1 |
NetworkManager-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 28f3770d82d988e077540fd7c579446d8d0e002d1213685811f065a80e2da53f |
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b854d2140d813bd48d05b4e504bf4586e01eea9e619583fb05ba0e2053e60fd7 |
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: de22ded75eefb1227642fe43d616e08a48a629097ee9d1181ed66f12113e4e14 |
NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ff87a8cc5f9f7cee0b47c2f8689d3dc0cb1e38978851fa69eb48219a3c744a1e |
NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 88b83e9a5d9a498d0b5c91370f5dfd50512c5f23e8a4102715923bcdd9a58788 |
NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ca539737dda1d8c826e44682060516867075a37c5343e4f888bcfaca5dfb853a |
i386 | |
NetworkManager-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 3b10e48df1092aa14f6ecb6e91f1f9fb92db4630cf9367ffaebddb2563a2255f |
NetworkManager-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1ae6454b466745cd7669334dd8c4f333876b55e2dec4228b6c279d82c04d17f1 |
NetworkManager-glib-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b854d2140d813bd48d05b4e504bf4586e01eea9e619583fb05ba0e2053e60fd7 |
NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ff87a8cc5f9f7cee0b47c2f8689d3dc0cb1e38978851fa69eb48219a3c744a1e |
NetworkManager-gnome-0.7.0-3.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 92a16fe8f7da26e0271353b35279739ee199eec230583720768af0b092650e68 |
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