Ubuntu
evolution package

evolution does not go online when network reconnects

Bug #201985 reported by mithro on 2008-03-13

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Evolution	Fix Released	High	gnome-bugs #518103
	evolution (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Low	Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: evolution

Evolution has previously fully supported network-manager reported network states. (IE It would go off-line when the network was disconnected and go back online when the network was connected.) Now, while it still goes offline, it never comes back online - instead a user must manually tell it to go back into online mode.

My current versions of things are,

ii evolution 2.22.0-0ubuntu1 groupware suite with mail client and organiz
ii evolution-common 2.22.0-0ubuntu1 architecture independent files for Evolution
ii evolution-data-server 2.22.0-0ubuntu1 evolution database backend server
ii evolution-data-server-common 2.22.0-0ubuntu1 architecture independent files for Evolution
ii evolution-data-server-dbg 2.22.0-0ubuntu1 evolution database backend server with debug
ii evolution-dbg 2.22.0-0ubuntu1 debugging symbols for Evolution
ii evolution-exchange 2.22.0-0ubuntu1 Exchange plugin for the Evolution groupware
ii evolution-plugins 2.22.0-0ubuntu1 standard plugins for Evolution
ii evolution-webcal 2.21.92-0ubuntu1 webcal: URL handler for GNOME and Evolution
ii libebook1.2-9 2.22.0-0ubuntu1 Client library for evolution address books
ii libecal1.2-7 2.22.0-0ubuntu1 Client library for evolution calendars
ii libedata-book1.2-2 2.22.0-0ubuntu1 Backend library for evolution address books
ii libedata-cal1.2-6 2.22.0-0ubuntu1 Backend library for evolution calendars
ii libedataserver1.2-9 2.22.0-0ubuntu1 Utility library for evolution data servers
ii libedataserverui1.2-8 2.22.0-0ubuntu1 GUI utility library for evolution data serve
ii libexchange-storage1.2-3 2.22.0-0ubuntu1 Backend library for evolution calendars
ii network-manager 0.6.6-0ubuntu1 network management framework daemon
ii network-manager-dev 0.6.6-0ubuntu1 network management framework (development fi
ii network-manager-gnome 0.6.6-0ubuntu1 network management framework (GNOME frontend
ii network-manager-openvpn 0.3.2svn2342-1ubuntu4 network management framework (OpenVPN plugin
ii network-manager-pptp 0.6.5+svnhead2574-0ubuntu1 network management framework (PPTP plugin)
ii network-manager-vpnc 0.6.4svn2422-0ubuntu5 network management framework (VPNC plugin)

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lp:ubuntu/lucid/evolution

mithro (mithro) on 2008-03-13

description:

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Matthew Tighe (tighem) wrote on 2008-03-14:

I can confirm this in the latest evolution package (13-Mar-2008). Unplugged Ethernet cable, saw evolution go offline, plugged cable back in and waited a few minutes. Network came back but evolution never did.

Changed in evolution:
status:	New → Confirmed

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Crispin Flowerday (crispin-flowerday-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2008-03-28:

Redhat appear to have a patch that might fix this:

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-commits/2008-March/msg04104.html

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2008-03-28:

corresponding upstream bug on http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=518103

Changed in evolution:
assignee:	nobody → desktop-bugs
importance:	Undecided → Low
milestone:	none → ubuntu-8.04
status:	Confirmed → Triaged

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James Westby (james-w) wrote on 2008-04-04:

Hi,

The fix above, which seems to be the same one as in the
gnome bug report is said to break starting in offline
mode with --offline.

Would we prefer to break --offline or not fix this bug report
if a combined fix is not forthcoming before release?

Thanks,

James

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James Westby (james-w) wrote on 2008-04-17:

evo.diff Edit (2.9 KiB, text/plain)

Hi,

Here is the fix that I sent upstream in the form of a debdiff.
I've tested it here, and if I knock myself off the network I get
taken offline, and then it reconnects when the network
comes back up, which didn't happen before. --offline still works
as well in my tests.

I haven't had a reaction either way from upstream yet.

Thanks,

James

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2008-04-21:

new revision uploaded

Changed in evolution:
status:	Triaged → Fix Committed

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2008-04-21:

This bug was fixed in the package evolution - 2.22.1-0ubuntu3

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evolution (2.22.1-0ubuntu3) hardy; urgency=low

  * Tweak the shell code so that when network manager signals that a network
    connection is available evolution will go back in to online mode.
    (LP: #201985). This is debian/patches/62_fix_nm_offline.patch

-- James Westby <email address hidden> Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:51:29 +0100

Changed in evolution:
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Matt Price (matt-price) wrote on 2008-04-22:

thanks for fixing htis! been bugging me for months...

matt

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2008-04-28

Changed in evolution:
status:	Unknown → Fix Released

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Murray Cumming (murrayc) wrote on 2008-07-12:

I'm reopening this because I have evolution 2.22.2-0ubuntu2 in Ubuntu Hardy and evolution still often stays offline after the network has reconnected. This seems particularly easy to reproduce when returning from suspension or hibernation.

Changed in evolution:
status:	Fix Released → New

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2008-07-17:

#10

in what state is network-manager when you get the issue? does anybody has steps to trigger the bug?

Changed in evolution:
milestone:	ubuntu-8.04 → none
status:	New → Incomplete

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2008-08-12:

#11

closing, the issue described there has been fixed, could you open a new bug and describe how to trigger if it you still have a similar bug?

Changed in evolution:
status:	Incomplete → Fix Released

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2010-09-16

Changed in evolution:
importance:	Unknown → High

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locust (marineworks) wrote on 2012-02-28:

#12

In my case oneiric 64 evolution 3.2.2 was network-manager the issue (I did'nt see it was working with wicd togheter).
Removing thath piece of hell all came back working.
David