Bug#511302: knetworkconf unable to carry out basic interface operations

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2009-01-09 12:12 +0100, Massimo Manghi wrote:

> Package: knetworkconf
> Version: 4:3.5.9-2
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
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> knetworkconf is now unable to change the state of network interfaces
> thus becoming useless for most practical uses. Upon
> request for enabling/disabling an interface knetworkconf invariabily 
> displays the message "There was an error changing the device's state. You will have to do it manually."
>
> I'm reporting this bug against knetworkconf because I'm still able
> to perform these operations using the shell commands. I'm observing
> the same problem on an amd64 debian installation.

I cannot reproduce this.  Do you use network-manager for your interfaces
or plain ifupdown?  Please show your /etc/network/interfaces.

Sven