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Network Manager doesn't establish connection after distribution upgrade.

I added KDE 4.5 repository from http://kde.org/info/4.5.0.php - OneClickInstall
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Distro:/Factory/openSUSE_11.3/KDE4-BASIS.ymp
It seems some packages were missing after installation, so I executed
#zypper up
#zypper dup

After reboot network was not accessible.
I tried both KNetworkManager in KDE and NetworkManager in LXDE- same result.
I switched in YAST from Network Manager-controlled network to "traditional ifup"

Network wa snot starting. But after ifdwon and ifup network was working properly.

# ifstatus eth1
    eth1      device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
DHCP4 client NOT running
DHCP6 client (dhclient6) is running
. . . but is still waiting for data
eth1 is up
2: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:16:17:51:9a:1d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
# ifdown eth1
    eth1      device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
# ifup eth1
    eth1      device: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
Starting DHCP4+DHCP6 client on eth1. . . . . . . . 
    eth1      IP address: 192.168.1.50/24 (MSI-S271)
    eth1      DHCP6 continues in background

So problem is not with network card or kernel modules, but with NetworkManager.

# rpm -qa | grep dhcp
dhcpcd-3.2.3-60.1.i586
dhcp-4.1.1.P1-4.1.1.i586
dhcp-client-4.1.1.P1-4.1.1.i586

# rpm -qa | grep NetworkManager
NetworkManager-vpnc-0.8-3.1.i586
NetworkManager-glib-0.8-8.1.1.i586
NetworkManager-gnome-0.8-5.1.i586
NetworkManager-openvpn-kde4-0.9.svn1161677-146.1.i586
NetworkManager-0.8-8.1.1.i586
NetworkManager-openvpn-0.8-3.1.i586
NetworkManager-vpnc-kde4-0.9.svn1161677-146.1.i586
NetworkManager-pptp-0.8-3.1.i586
NetworkManager-kde4-libs-0.9.svn1161677-146.1.i586
NetworkManager-kde4-0.9.svn1161677-146.1.i586
NetworkManager-kde4-libs-lang-0.9.svn1161677-146.1.noarch
NetworkManager-pptp-kde4-0.9.svn1161677-146.1.i586



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Fresh install of OpenSUSE 11.3
2. Add KDE 4.5 despository
3. zypper dup
4. reboot, network is not accessible
Actual Results:  

I wa snot able to access network anymore.
To enable network again, I had to switch in YAST from NetworkManager-controlled network to "traditional ifup".
That worked - but I can't access Wi-Fi access points in this scenario.
And obviously NetworkManager is not available in panel.



Expected Results:  

Network Manager should be able to control witred and wireless connection, from desktop panel.