network-admin forgets/deletes configuration, does not properly detect active devices
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Sebastien Bacher |
Bug Description
to reproduce the problem:
in network-admin, configure a network device with a static address,
now close network-admin - start it again and deacivate the device,
next time you start network-admin all settings are lost,
looking at /etc/network/
are saved to /etc/network/
a deactivated network device should only be changed by removing
the 'auto devname' stanca from /etc/network/
all entries related to the device; in addition if the device is active,
as stated in /etc/network/
regarding the way network-admin tries to detect active devices,
it should check /etc/network/
ifconfig up/down
applying changes has to look like this:
for active devices: only if settings changed: ifdown/save settings/ifup
for deactivated devices: ifdown if listed as active in /etc/network/
I'm not sure to understand the issue. Could you try if that's fixed with 1.1.90
? Here it keeps the config, if I reactivate an interface that works fine ..