Ubuntu
network-manager package

  1. Bug #432205
  2. Comment #18

Comment 18 for bug 432205

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Michael Lazarev (milaz) wrote : Re: [Bug 432205] Re: [MASTER] pppd timeout when trying to establish a DSL connection

I wonder how many people around the world connect to the internet with
DSL. I also wonder if there are any developers who use DSL.

Since this bug was underestimated, it has made its way into the
release. Now, people around the world will be updating their systems
and after reboot they will be unable to connect to the internet.
Ironically, they will need the internet to find the 'pppoeconf'
workaround.

It must be clearly understood that most users differ very much from
developers. Users usually have access to only one computer, and, since
they already use DSL, they are in the place where there's no suitable
wireless providers. This is a real problem, these people will be
totally locked out.

There was Ubuntu 8.10 which made my screen black, and computer totally
unresponsive. I could throw away the installation disk, because there
were no use of it. Now, this release makes internet connection
inaccessible, most ironically, in the places where there are no
alternative.