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Re: bug 530024 on squeeze



On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:29:59 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 11:12:45AM +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:48:14 +0100, Joao Ferreira gmail wrote:
>> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=530024
> ...
>> Mmm, if the bug is that ethernet cards are not detected/recognized by
>> default by NM, yes, the "problem" is still there, at least for me.
>> 
>> (not really a "problem" because I never use NM :-P)
>> 
>> Side note: ethernet card is fully available/operative, just NM detects
>> nothing.
> 
> Is this bug?  

Not for me. But having the NM applet started by default and seeing no 
ethernet device there (but working) is a bit confusing for users who want 
to use NM. 

> This seems to me user configuration issue.  I am basically
> follwing: README.Debian NEWS.Debian.gz of network-manager Just disable
> eth0 in /etc/network/interfaces like:
> 
> ----
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> # The primary network interface
> #allow-hotplug eth0
> #iface eth0 inet dhcp
> -----
> 
> Then NM will detect eth0

Yes, and that's quite similar to the information that the bug report 
(comment #1) refers to.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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