[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#511712: Bug#511712: nm-applet: in manually configured /etc/network/interfaces (and working) nm-applet shows that there is no connection

[Michael Biebl]

reassign 511712 network-manager
forcemerge 491826 502371 509006 509829 511712
thanks

Witold Baryluk wrote:
> Package: network-manager-gnome
> Version: 0.6.6-3
> Severity: important
> 
> Here is my /etc/network/interfaces
> ----------
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
> 	address 10.6.6.1
> 	netmask 255.255.255.0
> 	broadcast 10.6.6.255
> 
> auto eth1
> iface eth1 inet dhcp
> 	pre-up /sbin/ip link set eth1 address 00:e0:91:zz:xx:yy || true
> 	hwaddress ether 00:e0:91:zz:xx:yy
> 	dns-nameserver 83.zz.xy.y1 83.zz.xy.y2
> 
> ---------
> 
> 
> # nm-tool 
> 
> NetworkManager Tool
> 
> State: disconnected
> 
> print_devices(): didn't get a reply from NetworkManager.
> There are no available network devices.
> #
> 
> This makes programs like Liferea, Gossip, Epiphany, Evolution to start
> in offline mode all the time.

That's ultimately a NM bug.

reassigning and merging...

Cheers,
Michael


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