vpnc controls in nm-applet disappear after setting static ip

[enrico_bottacin]

Binary package hint: nm-applet

i've installed a fresh copy of ubuntu feisty with network-manager-vpnc and succesfully configured a vpn connection.
I was able to establish vpn tunnel with vpnc with nm-applet settings.
When I changed network settings with a static IP all the applet controls disappeared leaving only manual configuration.

[TomasHnyk (sup)]

I am not sure if I understand you correctly; if not ,feel free to reopen this. However, I think this is a correct behaviour - when you set your network manually, it is an end of job for NM (generally, your /etc/network/interfaces should not include any uncommented lines that are not in form auto interface, maybe beside loopback (lo))

[enrico_bottacin (enrico-bottacin-libero)]

This behaviour can't allow me to open a VPN channel using the applet controls... :( It's very boring open a shell to type commands...
There is no relationship, in my opinion, between ip settings and vpn channels so i don't understand why hiding vpn controls if i had to set a manual IP, i should have the ability to open a vpn channel no matter if I set network settings manually or not.

[TomasHnyk (sup)]

Oh, now I see what you mean. I think this is a duplicate of a pretty old bug, 5364, marking as such.