Bug#256636: Yep, this is a bug
Thomas Hood
Thomas Hood <jdthood@aglu.demon.nl>, 256636-quiet@bugs.debian.org
Sat, 10 Jul 2004 10:28:55 +0200
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Applications|System Tools|Connections is useless. It isn't just
the "Active" field that doesn't work. On my system all the "Type"
fields read "Unknown interface type" and the "Device" fields show
not the kernel interface names but the logical interface names.
If this tool works at all then I suspect it is making the assumption
that kernel interface names and logical interface names are the same.
In general they aren't. Whoever is responsible for this tool should
read ifup(8) and interfaces(5) and the Networking chapter of the
Debian Reference. In the meantime either Network Settings should be
disabled for writing or gnome-system-tools should be held out of sarge.
I decide to "Activate" one of the interfaces. After a couple of
seconds the tool adds several useless lines to /etc/network/interfaces.
I attach the file as it was before and as it is after the changes.
It adds a "name" option to each logical interface definition with
value "Unknown interface type". WTF is that all about? It adds
"broadcast" options where there were none before, even though this
option is not required. It adds "network" options even though these
haven't been used since Linux 2.1. "Deactivate" doesn't do anything.
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Content-Type: text/plain; name=interfaces_POST_GST; charset=ISO-8859-15
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auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
mapping hotplug
script echo
mapping eth_* ethp_*
script guessnet-ifupdown
map verbose: true
map home-wired
map vt100
map home-dhcp
mapping wlan_* wlanp_*
script guessnet-ifupdown
map home-wireless
map home-dhcp
iface home-wired-bare inet static
address 192.168.1.33
netmask 255.255.255.0
up true
broadcast 192.168.1.255
network 192.168.1.0
iface home-wired inet static
address 192.168.0.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.254
dns-nameservers 192.168.0.254
test-peer address 192.168.0.254 mac 00:60:B3:18:0F:5A source 192.168.0.1
up true
broadcast 192.168.0.255
down true
#cups-printers lassie
mail-relay post.demon.nl
network 192.168.0.0
iface home-wireless-bare inet static
address 192.168.0.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
test-command /usr/share/guessnet/test-wifi-id $IFACE hubertnet
broadcast 192.168.0.255
iface home-wireless inet static
address 192.168.0.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
gateway 192.168.0.254
test-command /usr/share/guessnet/test-wifi-id $IFACE hubertnet
dns-nameservers 192.168.0.254
#cups-printers lassie
mail-relay post.demon.nl
broadcast 192.168.0.255
iface home-dhcp-bare inet dhcp
iface home-dhcp inet dhcp
#cups-printers lassie
mail-relay post.demon.nl
up-timeout infinity
iface vt100 inet static
address 172.16.1.252
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 172.16.1.1
dns_nameservers 172.16.1.2
broadcast 172.16.1.255
network 172.16.1.0
#iface ppp0 inet wvdial
# provider KPN-DenHaag LT-modem
iface ppp0 inet ppp
device /dev/LT-modem
provider KPN-DenHaag
up-timeout 90
iface nowhere inet static
address 192.168.0.98
netmask 255.255.255.0
test-command true
broadcast 192.168.0.255
network 192.168.0.0
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Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=interfaces_PRE_GST
Content-Type: text/plain; name=interfaces_PRE_GST; charset=ISO-8859-15
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
mapping hotplug
script echo
mapping eth_* ethp_*
script guessnet-ifupdown
map verbose: true
map home-wired
map vt100
map home-dhcp
mapping wlan_* wlanp_*
script guessnet-ifupdown
map home-wireless
map home-dhcp
iface home-wired-bare inet static
address 192.168.1.33
netmask 255.255.255.0
up true
iface home-wired inet static
address 192.168.0.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.254
dns-nameservers 192.168.0.254
test-peer address 192.168.0.254 mac 00:60:B3:18:0F:5A source 192.168.0.1
up true
broadcast 192.168.0.255
down true
#cups-printers lassie
mail-relay post.demon.nl
iface home-wireless-bare inet static
address 192.168.0.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
test-command /usr/share/guessnet/test-wifi-id $IFACE hubertnet
iface home-wireless inet static
address 192.168.0.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
gateway 192.168.0.254
test-command /usr/share/guessnet/test-wifi-id $IFACE hubertnet
dns-nameservers 192.168.0.254
#cups-printers lassie
mail-relay post.demon.nl
iface home-dhcp-bare inet dhcp
iface home-dhcp inet dhcp
#cups-printers lassie
mail-relay post.demon.nl
up-timeout infinity
iface vt100 inet static
address 172.16.1.252
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 172.16.1.1
dns_nameservers 172.16.1.2
#iface ppp0 inet wvdial
# provider KPN-DenHaag LT-modem
iface ppp0 inet ppp
device /dev/LT-modem
provider KPN-DenHaag
up-timeout 90
iface nowhere inet static
address 192.168.0.98
netmask 255.255.255.0
test-command true
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