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network-manager package

  1. Bug #435073
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 435073

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 435073] Re: NetworkManager 0.8 can not get IPv4 address for wired Auto connections because IPv6 fails

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 02:35:23AM -0000, Tony Espy wrote:
> So I tried again with a fresh install of Jaunty. Turns out that "make
> available to all users" is the default, so I un-checked for eth0 before
> running the upgrade. The upgrade ran OK, and I made sure to unplug the
> Ethernet cable before rebooting.
>
> After the reboot, I plugged in the cable and things worked as expected.
>
> On a whim, I checked the applet and this is where it got strange... the
> applet showed me connected to "Auto eth0", but also showed a second
> "Auto eth0" and a "Auto Ethernet" connections under "Available". I
> checked them out in the Connections Editor, and "Auto Ethernet" shows it
> a Last Used of "2 hours ago", whereas the other two "Auto eth0" entries
> show "never" ( even though one of them is the currently active
> connection ). Also the two "Auto eth0" differ only due to the
> "available to all users" setting.
>

hmm. do you also see NM reconnecting whenever you edit a connection?

Also, since when is system-connection the default in jaunty?

 - Alexander