can't activate dsl provider via network manager applet, must use pon dsl-provider

[mr. adams]

In the Network Manager Applet, I can see listed the connection for my DSL provider in the list of Available Wired Networks.

However, if I select my DSL provider, it does not connect, and instead tries to use some other Wired connection profile or else hunt for an open wireless connection.

I can get online by running pon dsl-provider, but I have to do this every time I restart or need to reconnect.

And at this point the nm-applet reports "No network connection" when in fact I am connected. If one of my Wired Network Connection profiles happens allow it to Connect Automatically, then nm-applet reports it is connected to that wired network, and not the DSL provider.

This problem started happening when I was running 9.10, and still persists under 10.04.

I think I had tried to solve the problem once by adding the daily build network-manger ppa to my sources https://launchpad.net/~network-manager/+archive/trunk, which I think I learned about from this bug thread https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/255625

but now I have the lucid versions installed for all my network-manager packages.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: network-manager-gnome 0.8-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
CheckboxSubmission: 92886cb0758a11bfb2bb075a55830f7f
CheckboxSystem: b8f3ec504801f13fc208edb5c785b099
Date: Wed Jun 16 16:11:38 2010
IpRoute:
 168.95.98.254 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 59.115.130.229
 default dev ppp0 scope link
Keyfiles: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: network-manager-applet
WpaSupplicantLog:

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