Ubuntu
network-manager package

  1. Bug #279262
  2. Comment #80

Comment 80 for bug 279262

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imk (imk) wrote : Re: [regression] devices/interfaces not set to "auto" in /etc/network/interfaces get blacklisted in 0.7 (intrepid) but were managed in 0.6 (hardy and before)

This bug unavoidably impacts anybody using VirtualBox to run guest VMs under Ubtuntu with Host Interface Networking (i.e. "real" networking), since this calls for the installation of bridge-utils and modification of /etc/network/interfaces with the addition of code like:

auto br0
iface br0 inet dhcp
   bridge_ports eth0

This causes NetworkManager to report Unmanaged Device Found at boot and results in no nm-applet icon appearing in the system tray.