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network-manager package

USB tethering "device not managed"

Bug #1664597 reported by Shahar Or on 2017-02-14

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	network-manager (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I can't seem to use network manager to set up a connection via my Android smartphone's USB tethering.

The device, if it shows up in the network manager gnome menu, shows up as "device not managed".

If there's any other information I can attach, please tell me.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: network-manager 1.4.2-3ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.9.0-15.16-generic 4.9.5
Uname: Linux 4.9.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Feb 14 16:32:09 2017
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.1.1 dev wls3 proto static metric 600
192.168.1.0/24 dev wls3 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.121 metric 600
NetworkManager.state:
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-01-24 (20 days ago)
nmcli-dev:
DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH CONNECTION CON-UUID CON-PATH
wls3 wifi connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2 Or 2.4 GHz 6f44df4d-458e-4484-be6d-28ca4e1dd869 /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/0
enp0s29f7u2 ethernet unmanaged /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3 -- -- --
ens2 ethernet unmanaged /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 -- -- --
lo loopback unmanaged /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 -- -- --
nmcli-nm:
RUNNING VERSION STATE STARTUP CONNECTIVITY NETWORKING WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN
running 1.4.2 connected started full enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled

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Shahar Or (mightyiam) wrote on 2017-02-14:

CRDA.txt Edit (426 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (8.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IfupdownConfig.txt Edit (239 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IpAddr.txt Edit (960 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (542 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (6.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.enp0s29f7u2.txt Edit (1004 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.ens2.txt Edit (905 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.lo.txt Edit (248 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.wls3.txt Edit (964 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetworkManager.conf.txt Edit (69 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciNetwork.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (139 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RfKill.txt Edit (183 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (112.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nmcli-con.txt Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2017-04-24:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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