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gnome-system-tools package

can't activate ethernet connection

Bug #172529 reported by tuharsky on 2007-11-28

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #185854: Setting static IP in Network Settings doesn't produce correct data. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-network

I start up the Gutsy from CD with NO ethernet cable connected. Then I use the Network applet to set the Wired connection using static IP address. I click to apply changes and I plug in the ethernet cable.

The icon is signalising that I'm connetced to network, however not really. ifconfig shows I have no IP address. I must do /etc/init.d/networking restart and only then the network starts working.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote on 2007-11-28:

Thanks for your report, can you take a screenshot of the applet? thanks.

Changed in gnome-applets:
assignee:	nobody → desktop-bugs
status:	New → Incomplete

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tuharsky (tuharsky) wrote on 2007-11-29:

Setting the applet Edit (55.5 KiB, image/png)

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tuharsky (tuharsky) wrote on 2007-11-29:

Finished settings Edit (28.9 KiB, image/png)

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tuharsky (tuharsky) wrote on 2007-11-29:

I then connect the cable and try ping. I get:
connect: Network is unreachable

The I run the /etc/init.d/networking restart

And suddenly, next ping works.

I must say, that on installed system, the settings are remembered and on next restart the static IP works from start.

However, it is sometimes crucial for live session to work too ;-)

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote on 2007-11-29:

more like a gnome-system-tools bug, thanks.

Changed in gnome-applets:
status:	Incomplete → New

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tuharsky (tuharsky) wrote on 2007-12-04:

Well, now I changed from static to DHCP address. A window popped up with some "applying new network settings" message and progress bar. After it disappeared, the dynamic address has been assigned.

I realised that when setting static IP, NO SUCH WINDOW APPEARED!

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote on 2008-02-28:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue that you reported is one that should be reproducible with the live environment of the Desktop CD of the development release - Hardy Heron. It would help us greatly if you could test with it so we can work on getting it fixed in the next release of Ubuntu. You can find out more about the development release at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ . Thanks again and we appreciate your help.

Changed in gnome-system-tools:
status:	New → Incomplete

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote on 2008-03-26:

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!.

Changed in gnome-system-tools:
status:	Incomplete → Invalid

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tuharsky (tuharsky) wrote on 2008-03-27:

Bug still present in Hardy 8.04b

Changed in gnome-system-tools:
status:	Invalid → New

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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote on 2008-03-29:

#10

tuharsky, is this a duplicate of bug #185854?

Changed in gnome-system-tools:
assignee:	desktop-bugs → pascal-devuyst
status:	New → Incomplete

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tuharsky (tuharsky) wrote on 2008-04-01:

#11

Yes, it seems that 185854 is a duplicate of this bug.

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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote on 2008-04-01:

#12

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and this report is being marked as a duplicate. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.