[Bug 193907] [NEW] kppp does not set KDE network status to "online"

[Kai Blin]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kppp

When dialing in via kppp, the KDE network status is not updated to
reflect the fact that the computer is now online. This causes apps like
konqueror or kmail to refuse to do network operations.

This can be checked as follows:

1. Dial in via kppp
2. Run "dcop kded networkstatus status foo", which returns 6.
3. Try opening a website in konqueror or check emails in kmail, konqueror will fail and kmail will claim it's finished without doing anything.
4. Run dcop kded networkstatus setNetworkStatus `dcop kded networkstatus networks` 8
5. Retry step 2, should now return 8. If not, network manager is playing up again, see comment below,
5. Retry step 4, both operations will now work.

Sometimes you have to kill NetworkManager to have the network status stay set on 8, I haven't been able to identify a pattern there, though. Sometimes the network status will revert back to 6 right away, sometimes only when you try to access the network and sometimes the network status will just behave and stay on 8. Killing network manager makes sure the online status will keep the value that was set manually.
This is sort of related to the wishlist in bug #133814 as this seems to be an interaction between kpp and network manager.

Observed on Kubuntu 7.10 with KDE 3.5.8, kppp 4:3.5.8-0ubuntu2, network-
manager 0.6.5-0ubuntu16.7.10.0, knetworkmanager 1:0.2ubuntu1-0ubuntu5

** Affects: kdenetwork (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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kppp does not set KDE network status to "online"
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