[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#623355: network-manager-gnome: unclear which option to use for router advertisements

[brian m. carlson]

Package: network-manager-gnome
Version: 0.8.998-1
Severity: wishlist

I have a local network set up with DHCP for IPv4 and router
advertisements for IPv6.  However, it's unclear to me what configuration
I should be using (that is, what the Method option should be) in order
to get Network Manager to use IPv6 properly.  The IPv6 address is not
link-local; it is globally routable.

It does not matter whether I choose "Automatic" or "Automatic, addresses
only" for the IPv6 settings; either way Network Manager ignores my IPv6
configuration and prints no information as a result.  I do, however, get
an IPv6 address from radvd (and thus IPv6 works), although Network
Manager feigns ignorance.

Since obviously I'm doing something wrong with the configuration, it
would be nice if there were some documentation on the matter so that I
don't have to guess what configuration I should be using.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome depends on:
ii  dbus-x11                     1.4.6-1     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gconf2                       2.32.1-2    GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-icon-theme             3.0.0-1     GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  libatk1.0-0                  2.0.0-1     The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                        2.11.2-13   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                    1.10.2-6    The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                  1.4.6-1     simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2             0.92-1      simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1               2.8.0-2.2   generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6                 2.4.4-1     FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4                  2.32.1-2    GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0           2.23.3-3    GDK Pixbuf library
ii  libglib2.0-0                 2.28.6-1    The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-bluetooth7          2.30.0-2    GNOME Bluetooth tools - support li
ii  libgnome-keyring0            3.0.0-1     GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgtk2.0-0                  2.24.4-3    The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnm-glib-vpn1              0.8.3.999-1 network management framework (GLib
ii  libnm-glib4                  0.8.998-1   network management framework (GLib
ii  libnm-util2                  0.8.998-1   network management framework (shar
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk2. 0.5.0-2     sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libpango1.0-0                1.28.3-6    Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0                   1.2.44-2    PNG library - runtime
ii  network-manager              0.8.998-1   network management framework daemo
ii  policykit-1-gnome            0.101-2     GNOME authentication agent for Pol

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome recommends:
ii  gnome-bluetooth               3.0.0-1    GNOME Bluetooth tools
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring [libpam- 3.0.0-2    PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii  mobile-broadband-provider-inf 20110218-1 database of mobile broadband servi
ii  notification-daemon           0.5.0-2    daemon to displays passive pop-up 
ii  notify-osd [notification-daem 0.9.23-2   daemon that displays passive pop-u

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome suggests:
pn  network-manager-openvpn-gnome <none>     (no description available)
pn  network-manager-pptp-gnome    <none>     (no description available)
pn  network-manager-vpnc-gnome    <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information

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brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US
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