#2866 NORM Untriag: Network Manager GUI doesn't report success or failure

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#2866: Network Manager GUI doesn't report success or failure
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 Reporter:  gnu              |       Owner:  dcbw     
     Type:  defect           |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Untriaged
Component:  network manager  |     Version:  Build 542
 Keywords:                   |    Verified:  0        
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 Half the frustration of using wireless on the OLPC is that you can never
 tell what's really going on, without going to a text console and killing
 off NetworkManager and doing it all manually.  This is because the NM GUI
 provides zero status!  It doesn't tell you what access point it is trying
 to connect to; it doesn't tell you whether that succeeded or failed, and
 for what reason if there's a failure.

 It doesn't tell you anything at all about wired Ethernet networks, either
 -- not even whether it sees one, nor whether it's currently working or
 not.

 Even the 12-year-old reviewing the OLPC for Ed Felten noticed the
 flakiness of the network connection:  "When the so-so connection allows
 you to get on, the internet is one of the best features of the whole
 computer."  http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1187

 It should report status, all the time, accurately.  Which network
 connection(s) it's using now, which ones it's trying to bring up, what
 stage of the bringup they are in, and what the current status of the
 bringup is.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/2866>
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