[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#655698: network-manager-gnome: Unable to select extra static ethernet interface in nm-applet

[Miguel Telleria de Esteban]

Package: network-manager-gnome
Version: 0.9.2.0-1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?

I suppect that it origins from an upgrade in Debian Sid un upgrade of network-manager 
packages, from 0.9.1.95-1 to 0.9.2.0-1 upgrade.

I notice this problem because my DHCP server (associated with the
extra static interface) refused to start after the upgrade.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
     
I went to the nm gnome dialog and could not find the extra static
interface available.  So I choose the "edit connection dialog" to see
if the interface was present and it was always there fully defined.

I even created another entry with the same result.

Restarting network-manager (/etc/init.d/network-manager restart) did
not provide any effect.

Restarting the computer neither.

Work-around:  Definiing the interface in /etc/network/interfaces the
old-fashioned way.
     
   * What was the outcome of this action?

My extra interface is not selectable from the nm-applet list although
it is fully defined in the edit connections app.

   * What outcome did you expect instead?

To be able to activate the static interface.

NOTE:  The first interface that works perfectly with network-manager
       is static as well.  Maybe the problem is that a second static
       interface conflicts somehow with the first one.


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

Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=es_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome depends on:
ii  dbus-x11             1.4.16-1
ii  dpkg                 1.16.1.2
ii  gconf2               3.2.3-1
ii  gnome-icon-theme     3.2.1.2-1
ii  libatk1.0-0          2.2.0-2
ii  libc6                2.13-24
ii  libcairo-gobject2    1.10.2-6.2
ii  libcairo2            1.10.2-6.2
ii  libdbus-1-3          1.4.16-1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2     0.98-1
ii  libfontconfig1       2.8.0-3
ii  libfreetype6         2.4.8-1
ii  libgconf2-4          3.2.3-1
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0   2.24.0-2
ii  libglib2.0-0         2.30.2-4
ii  libgnome-bluetooth8  3.2.1-1
ii  libgnome-keyring0    3.2.2-1
ii  libgtk-3-0           3.2.3-1
ii  libnm-glib-vpn1      0.9.2.0-1
ii  libnm-glib4          0.9.2.0-1
ii  libnm-gtk0           0.9.2.0-1
ii  libnm-util2          0.9.2.0-1
ii  libnotify4           0.7.4-1
ii  libpango1.0-0        1.29.4-2
ii  network-manager      0.9.2.0-1
ii  policykit-1-gnome    0.105-1

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome recommends:
ii  gnome-bluetooth                        3.2.1-1
ii  iso-codes                              3.32-1
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring [libpam-keyring]  3.2.2-1
ii  mobile-broadband-provider-info         20111113-1
ii  notification-daemon                    0.7.3-1

Versions of packages network-manager-gnome suggests:
pn  network-manager-openvpn-gnome  <none>
pn  network-manager-pptp-gnome     <none>
pn  network-manager-vpnc-gnome     <none>

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