[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#514943: network-manager: wired connection remains with wireless associated and no cable

[Drew Parsons]

I think I've worked out what the pattern of behaviour is.  

At boot up, nm brings up eth0, even if the cable is not inserted.  it's
like it's not checking the state of the cable or something (or the
e1000e driver is reporting it incorrectly).  This is the buggy state.
The wired connections are shown by the nm applet to be "active".

When I plug the cable in, nm brings up eth0 (or leaves it up).  The
wired connection is active, that's how it should be.

Then when I pull out the cable, the empty cable socket is acknowledged,
such that nm brings down the eth0 interface.  The nm applet shows the
wired connections as "inactive" (greyed out).

After this, I can pull the cable in and out, and nm brings up eth0 or
closes it down appropriately.  Normal behaviour is in place.


So the problem appears to be with the initial state only.  The system
starts off behaving as though it thinks the cable is plugged in, until
it is in fact plugged in.  After this it's able to correctly recognise
when the cable is plugged in or not.


Drew