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  1. Bug #876279
  2. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 876279

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Mikko Rantalainen (mira) wrote :

I found a workaround for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

(1) Open "Network connections" ("nm-connection-editor" from command line)
(2) Try to figure out which "Ethernet" connection is iPad
(3) Select the iPad and click "Edit"
(4) On "General" tab, uncheck "Automatically connect to this network when it is available"
(5) On "IPv4 Settings" tab select "Method: Disabled"
(6) On "IPv6 Settings" tab select "Method: Ignore"

It seems that the issue is caused by iPad/iPhone pretending to offer Ethernet connection and "upowerd" automatically trying to enable that connection. This operation fails and "upowerd" is stupid enough to repeat the process forever.