Bug#604474: general: Network-Manager-Applet 0.8.1 shows "disconnected",, but connection working
Hi,
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 03:52:14PM +0100, jones.79 wrote:
> /etc/network/interfaces:
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> Ok, if this is the intended behaviour of Network Manager (0.8.1),
> but it is misleading.
How so ... Have you read /usr/share/doc/network-manager/README.Debian
Each distro has their own rationale for the choice of default behavior.
"Debian is not acting like Ubuntu" is not good enough for the bug report.
> I had a look at the Network Manager (0.8) in
> Ubuntu 10.04 and it does show the connection listed in
> /etc/network/interfaces as "auto eth0". And if the connection is
> established the Network Manager symbol changes to "connected".
>
> So did the Ubuntu-developers tweak the way that the Network Manager
> is working?
Quite likely ... but this mailing list/bug report system is not for Ubuntu.
Osamu
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