#645739 pidgin: No connection possible when network manager is running

Package:
pidgin
Source:
pidgin
Description:
graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client
Submitter:
leeredose
Date:
2026-07-06 17:45:08 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#645739#5
Date:
2011-10-18 10:09:38 UTC
From:
To:
The problem described in bug 484750 with pidgin still persists.
The error message is "waiting for network connection".
If I shut down network-manager using /etc/init.d/network-manager stop then
pidgin is working.
It is no connection possible while the gnome network manager is running
(but the connection to the network is being done using a different way e.g.
using wpa_supplicant).
#645739#12
Date:
2011-10-30 09:35:27 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

the problem still persists even if I tell NetworkManager to ignore the
interface.

cat /etc/network/interfaces
---
...
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
...
---

Network Manager says:
"Wireless Network: Device is not managed"
#645739#17
Date:
2011-10-30 20:01:36 UTC
From:
To:
I was apparently mistaken; if you are running NM, it is assumed that it
is managing all your interfaces. There isn't a way for pidgin to have a
sane default if NM is running but some interfaces are unmanaged. So this
bug currently points to an open upstream request to present more
information about the "waiting for network connection" error so that it
isn't so cryptic.