knetworkconf fails to find non-generically-named network interfaces

[fmyhr]

Binary package hint: knetworkconf

% cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"

Package: knetworkconf
Section: kde
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Source: kdeadmin
Version: 4:3.5.8-0ubuntu1

If I name my LAN interface the way I want by putting the following line in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="net", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTRS{address}=="00:10:4b:e3:23:ef", NAME="lan"

and have the following in /etc/network/interfaces:
auto lo lan
iface lan inet static
        address 10.0.0.17
        netmask 255.255.255.128
        network 10.0.0.0
        broadcast 10.0.0.127
        gateway 10.0.0.1
        # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
        dns-nameservers 10.0.0.1

then ifup and ifdown work perfectly but KNetworkConf can't even find the lan interface.

If I keep exactly the same configuration, except change the name "lan" to "eth0", KNetworkConf works.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 or 9.04?

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Hard to tell, since the tool is totally busted in KDE4.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

And since it's totally busted and seemingly unmaintained upstream, we are removing knetworkconf from distribution.