https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=397332
User hschaa@novell.com added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=397332#c4
--- Comment #4 from Helmut Schaa
When connected to ethernet (eth0 on my machine) it should show the ethernet icon When connected to wireless (wlan0 on my machine) it should show a wireless connection with signal strength When not connected then it can show the green little globe (although something more "Network" centric would be a good idea).
NetworkManager tries to maintain a connection for every device in the system in parallel. Therefore it might happen that you have a wireless and a wired connection at the same time. The default route should be on the wired device. In which situation did KNM show the wrong icon?
No, but I do often visit places with wireless broadcasts that I don't know the essid etc. It should show up in the list under NetworkManager, but it doesn't. Only networks I define will show up, but how can I define something I don't know about?
Creating a new connection should show the list of available networks. They simply do not show up in the context menu anymore.
So this requires a sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist wlan0 scanning (which most people wouldn't know to do).
Agreed. The user should never have to run iwlist. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.