On 6/9/19 6:32 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 6/9/19 4:14 PM, Robin Lee wrote: >> On Fri, 2019-06-07 at 19:28 +0200, Robin Lee wrote: >>> I have a laptop with Fedora 30 and on it I use VPN. Now after I >>> upgraded from Fedora 29 I've got the problem that Gnome applications >>> like Evolution and Gnome Software don't work anymore because they >>> think the computer is offline when VPN is activated. Also the wifi >>> icon in the upper right hand side corner has a question mark over it. >>> But in actuality the computer is online, I can use applications like >>> Firefox normally. Also in Gnome Settings -> Wifi it tells me it is >>> connected. >>> >>> First questions - can I some how tell applications like Evolution and >>> Gnome Software to just ignore whether it thinks it is online or >>> offline? >>> >>> Second question - how could I find out why Gnome thinks it is >>> offline? >> No suggestions? > I'm going to be vague since I can't find what I'm looking for, but. I recall that there > is a process which, if enabled, will periodically connect to a fedoraproject server to > verify it is connected to the internet. > > I'm guessing you have that running and when on the VPN those checks are being blocked. > > Sorry, I can't be more specific but I recall either disabling or erasing the package that > provided that. The package I was thinking of is.... [root@meimei ~]# dnf info NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora Last metadata expiration check: 0:20:30 ago on Sun 09 Jun 2019 06:27:49 PM CST. Available Packages Name : NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora Epoch : 1 Version : 1.16.0 Release : 1.fc30 Architecture : noarch Size : 14 k Source : NetworkManager-1.16.0-1.fc30.src.rpm Repository : fedora Summary : NetworkManager config file for connectivity checking via Fedora : servers URL : http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/ License : GPLv2+ Description : This adds a NetworkManager configuration file to enable connectivity : checking via Fedora infrastructure. -- Right: I dislike the default color scheme Wrong: What idiot picked the default color scheme _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
