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network-manager package

NetworkManager: ((src/devices/nm-device.c:1452)): assertion '<dropped>' failed

Bug #1728378 reported by joshas on 2017-10-29

This bug affects 18 people

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

Bug Description

This error shows up in boot logs:
"NetworkManager: ((src/devices/nm-device.c:1452)): assertion '<dropped>' failed".
Ubuntu 17.10

See original description

joshas (joshas) on 2017-10-29

description:

updated

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2017-11-01:

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

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

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Enwony (enwony) wrote on 2017-11-04:

boot-log-part Edit (4.1 KiB, text/plain)

I believe this is harmless, but not really know ;)
Attached part of bootlog file (journalctl -b), containing this error

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Franck (franck.garnier) wrote on 2017-12-05:

Do you think that this error can break my VPN connection ?

I do not know if this is the cause.

Here a piece of logs :

Dez 05 15:06:16 fgarnier-Latitude-5580 pppd[26238]: Plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7/nm-l2tp-pppd-plugin.so loaded.
Dez 05 15:06:16 fgarnier-Latitude-5580 pppd[26238]: Plugin pppol2tp.so loaded.
Dez 05 15:06:16 fgarnier-Latitude-5580 pppd[26238]: pppd 2.4.7 started by root, uid 0
Dez 05 15:06:16 fgarnier-Latitude-5580 NetworkManager[973]: ((src/devices/nm-device.c:1452)): assertion '<dropped>' failed
Dez 05 15:06:16 fgarnier-Latitude-5580 pppd[26238]: Using interface ppp0
Dez 05 15:06:16 fgarnier-Latitude-5580 pppd[26238]: Connect: ppp0 <-->
Dez 05 15:06:16 fgarnier-Latitude-5580 NetworkManager[973]: <info> [1512482776.5766] manager: (ppp0): new Generic device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/7)
Dez 05 15:06:16 fgarnier-Latitude-5580 NetworkManager[973]: <info> [1512482776.5940] devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0)
Dez 05 15:06:16 fgarnier-Latitude-5580 NetworkManager[973]: <info> [1512482776.5940] device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/ppp0, iface: ppp0): no ifupdown configuration found.
Dez 05 15:06:18 fgarnier-Latitude-5580 NetworkManager[973]: xl2tpd[26237]: control_finish: Connection closed to 194.209.82.248, serial 1 ()
Dez 05 15:06:18 fgarnier-Latitude-5580 NetworkManager[973]: xl2tpd[26237]: Terminating pppd: sending TERM signal to pid 26238