Missing "Additional Search Domain" Feature

Bug #1825959 reported by Lonnie Lee Best
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-control-center
New
Unknown
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Ubuntu 19.04 uses the gnome-control-panel's network manager, and it is missing the feature of adding "Additional Search Domains".

Here's that feature as it looked in Ubuntu 16.04:
https://i.imgur.com/ZVMknmP.png

Here's that same tab as shown in Ubuntu 19.04 via gnome-control-panel:
https://i.imgur.com/XwRPnRS.png

And, very importantly, it is also missing for VPN settings:
https://i.imgur.com/5x769jY.png

This feature helps you ping a computer by name without having to type in the full domain address of that computer. If you are connected to just one network, it might not be necessary. But when you are connected to multiple networks it is very useful because you can put in all the domains you are connected to and then be able to just ping a computer's name without having to type its whole domain too.

Essentially, it tells the network manager, if you do not find a computer with this name on the first domain you look for it at, then also look for that computer name on these other domains.

This is a regression of functionality (compared to Ubuntu 16.04). Please add it back.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.32.1-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-13.14-generic 5.0.6
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Apr 23 04:07:24 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-07 (105 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180731)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-04-21 (2 days ago)

Revision history for this message
Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report and for sending it upstream

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
Changed in gnome-control-center:
status: Unknown → New
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