Network-manager is not able to set network eth0

[klop]

Binary package hint: network-manager

Hi,

I use kubuntu 8.10. My network-manager has version 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1 and network-manager-kde has version 1:0.7svn864988-0ubuntu1.

Two days ago my network-manager worked fine without any problems but yesterday during my work on laptop network-manager stopped working. And it is not able to set my network eth0. Network-manager-kde shows that network is disconnected. If I try to set eth0 in kde-network-manager again It makes nothing. I have to set network manually and it works. But after reboot network-manager again delete my network eth0 settings. I don't understand why network-manager stopped working.

After reboot network eth0 is again down and if I write ifconfig to see where is problem I get this:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWadr 00:18:8b:d9:e3:0f
          AKTIVOVÁNO VŠESMĚROVÉ_VYSÍLÁNÍ BĚŽÍ MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metrika:1
          RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          kolizí:0 délka odchozí fronty:1000
          Přijato bajtů: 64 (64.0 B) Odesláno bajtů: 1730 (1.7 KB)
          Přerušení:18

Maybe it helps you to find where is problem.

[Wiplash4 (ranjeet-kuruvilla)]

And by the way: I used 8.04 on my Desktop PC and it listed a modem device which was not installed. I reported this bug and the modem device is not listed anymore. But now I use 8.10 on my Laptop and my Laptop has a modem device. But the network manager does NOT detect this device. Additionaly it shows a dsl-modem, which is also not installed in my laptop. Please fix that bug: Ubuntu shall detect a modem device, if it is there and should NOT detect one, if it is not there! The same is valid for WLAN and ethernet devices: Only list them, if they are installed!

[Wiplash4 (ranjeet-kuruvilla)]

By the way: In the mask for new profiles Users can insert the mac ID. That should be a drop down list since the mac is fixed for each device. ANd of course no one can use the wlan Mac for ethernet.

And usually subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 and the gateway is similiar to the dns. SO automatically prpose that.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add the /var/log/syslog to your bug report as an attachment? Also you can submit more information for it by looking to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingNetworkManager , Thanks in advance.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.