Can't set ethernet MTU from GUI

[Henri Sivonen]

Binary package hint: gnome-nettool

Steps to reproduce:
 1) Make sure the computer is connected to a Gigabit Ethernet network.
 2) Open System: Administration: Network Tools
 3) In the Devices tab, choose the connected interface from the Network device popup.
 4) Look at the bottom of the window.

Actual results:
The window shows the MTU as uneditable text.

Expected results:
Expected to be able to edit the MTU value.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 5 11:25:01 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-nettool
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gnome-nettool 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-19.56-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-nettool
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-19-generic x86_64

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

This bug is an upstream one and it would be quite helpful if somebody experiencing it could send the bug the to the people writing the software. You can learn more about how to do this for various upstreams at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME . Thanks in advance!

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at:
 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=626851

[Gary M (garym)]

From looking at gnome-nettool 2.31.6 in the the maverick release, the expectation of being able to edit the MTU information in place appears to me to be "unreasonable or overly optimistic".

The "Configure" button next to the chosen interface correctly brings up the Network Manager configuration tool for me, where the MTU and other settings can be changed. In contrast, gnome-nettool is designed only for viewing network-related information. So I don't see this as an issue of missing functionality.

No other settings can be configured in the interface information area, and the information text gives no visual indication of being editable, so I don't see this as an interface design / UX issue either.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Please do NOT Change the Status of the bugs if you don't know what you're doing , Please read https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status before doing any change, thanks.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

comment from upstream:

"Nettools was made for diagnostic purposes. It does not run with
priviledges and it reports the information the user can gather
in a friendly way."

so is a won't fix.