fedora 8 acting up when booted without network

[wiad]

Hi all,

i'm running fedora8 x86_64 on a hp 6910p laptop. When i boot with network connection, i.e. network cable connected with link, i have no problems. However, if i boot without network connection, i get a series of weird problems:

- wicd (network manager) tray applet wont start, showing dbus error.
- automounting of usb doesnt work (i can mount it manually)
- hibernate and suspend buttons are missing from shutdown application.
- bluetooth manager applet on panel does not work
- power applet on panel does not work (showing battery power)

the first issue shows what i think might be the root cause - dbus. If i open wicd's dbus config file for editing (/etc/dbus-1/system.d/wicd.conf) and then close it again _without_ editing, the wicd tray application will start up fine... weird, huh?

if i restart the dbus daemon (message bus) at startup (rc.local), i actually solve most of the problems but also gets new ones:
- sound does not work
- automount of usb still does not work

Any ideas, experiences from similar problems with dbus? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

//Adam

[wiad]

i might add that i run selinux in permissive mode.

[wiad]

i figured this one out, sort of. The problem is that i dont have any local users, only ldap users. When im logging in without network, or away from my company's network, the login is handled through cached user info (nscd) and cached user credentials (pam_ccreds). Dbus doesn't seem to handle this very well, it seems as it doesnt recognize me as a user and thereby not granting me access to some dbus-configured applications (hal, wicd).

If i add myself as a local user (manually by editing /etc/passwd) everything works well. But is there a way do configure dbus so i dont need to fiddle with local accounts?

//Adam