[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#517194: Bug#517194: network-manager: Does not recognize/manage wired ethernet card any more

[Michael Biebl]

Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> Package: network-manager
> Version: 0.7.0.97-1
> Severity: important
> 
> For some reason, network-manager doesn't manage my wired ethernet
> connection any more (version 0.6 used to deal with it without problem).
> nm-applet now just says: "device not managed"
> 
> My /etc/network/interfaces has nothing fancy in it:
> ----
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
> 
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> # The primary network interface
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> 
> # Bridge interface with the ethernet card
> #auto br0
> #iface br0 inet dhcp
> #    bridge_ports eth0 vbox0 vbox1
> #    bridge_maxwait 0
>     #address 10.0.2.1
>     #netmask 255.0.0.0
> ----
> 
> (the second part was already deactivated prior to the upgrade)
> 
> I tried removing the two lines about eth0 but it didn't help.
> The upgrade ended up without network available.
> 
> 

See the README.Debian regarding the new managed mode.

If you want to keep your devices configured via /e/n/i but managed by NM, then
use managed=true in /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf and don't forget
to kill the running nm-system-settings instance.

Would it help you if I added a few lines in a NEWS.Debian?

Michael

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