[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#607482: Bug#607482: network-manager: Breaks working configuration on upgrade 0.8.1-3 to 0.8.1-6

[Michael Biebl]

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thanks

On 18.12.2010 23:07, Michael Goetze wrote:
> Package: network-manager
> Version: 0.8.1-6
> Severity: serious
> 
> I just upgraded network-manager from 0.8.1-3 to 0.8.1-6 on a squeeze 
> system. Before the upgrade, I was able to manage my wlan0 interface as a 
> normal user in group "netdev". After the upgrade, n-m insisted the the 
> device was "unmanaged".
> 
> Apparently, the upgrade modified my /etc/network/interfaces to insert 
> the line
> 
> #NetworkManager#iface eth0 inet dhcp
> 
> after "allow-hotplug eth0". It did not, however, insert a corresponding 
> line after "allow-hotplug wlan0". (Incidentally, I don't quite see why 
> n-m's maintainer scripts have any business writing to this file 
> unprompted.) I was able to resolve the issue by setting "managed=true" 
> in the [ifupdown] section of /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf.
> 
> I consider this bug serious because it deprives systems which previously 
> had network connectivity of such connectivity and is nontrivial to fix 
> for common users.

Please post your complete /etc/network/interfaces file, the output of
nm-tool and the output of running
NetworkManager --no-daemon

thanks

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