[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#673587: [network-manager]

[Ed Biow]

Package: network-manager
Version: 0.9.4.0-3
Severity: normal

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Since I use static IP addresses on my desktops I have chosen to disable 
network-manager with rcconf or "update-rc.d network-manager disable" and 
configure networking in /etc/network/interfaces like this:

### auto eth3
# allow-hotplug eth3
# iface eth3 inet static
#       address 192.168.3.146
#       netmask 255.255.255.0
#         dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8
#       dns-search 192.168.3.254
#       gateway 192.168.3.100
#       broadcast 192.168.3.255
#       network 192.168.3.0

After a routine 'apt-get dist-upgrade' I found that I had no network 
connection. "ifup" no longer works, maybe it hasn't for some time because of 
changes to the init system. "/etc/init.d/networking start" returned nothing 
and had no effect. The "ifconfig" command didn't return anything. Uninstalling 
network-manager and its cohorts didn't return networking to my control with 
the interfaces file, not even when I purged the package. The only thing I could 
do was re-install network-manager AND comment out my ethernet stanza (as it 
appears above).  Then I had to enable network-manager, at which point I got a 
DHCP connection.

 I was able to configure a static ethernet connection by installing network-
manager-kde and using sux to start systemsettings as root. The "Network 
Connections" GUI interface has no widget to escalate priviledges, XFCE app-
finder doesn't tell you what the underlying program actually is, I didn't feel 
like killing my display manager and starting a root xfce4 session. All 
programs should tell you what they actually are so you can easily start them 
from the CLI.

So now I can boot up and have an active network connection. But the samba 
share that I defined in my /etc/fstab no longer automatically mounts.  I have 
to use "# mount -a" to mount my share or I have to add a cronjob like this:

@reboot sleep  10;mount -a

I'm not sure if this is the correct package to report this problem. BTW, I 
didn't see anything weird in /var/log/dmesg or syslog when starting up without 
network-manager, it just refused to start my network.

--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel:       Linux 3.2.0-4.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64

Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  500 unstable        192.168.223.180 
  500 testing         kano 
  500 testing         192.168.223.180 
  500 stable          dl.google.com 

--- Package information. ---
Depends                         (Version) | Installed
=========================================-+-================
libc6                            (>= 2.4) | 2.13-32
libdbus-1-3                    (>= 1.0.2) | 1.5.12-1
libdbus-glib-1-2                (>= 0.88) | 0.98-1
libgcrypt11                    (>= 1.4.5) | 1.5.0-3
libglib2.0-0                  (>= 2.31.8) | 2.32.2-1
libgnutls26                (>= 2.12.17-0) | 2.12.19-1
libgudev-1.0-0                   (>= 146) | 175-3.1
libnl-3-200                    (>= 3.2.7) | 3.2.7-2
libnl-genl-3-200               (>= 3.2.7) | 3.2.7-2
libnl-route-3-200                         | 3.2.7-2
libnm-glib4                  (>= 0.9.4.0) | 0.9.4.0-3
libnm-util2                  (>= 0.9.4.0) | 0.9.4.0-3
libpolkit-gobject-1-0           (>= 0.99) | 0.104-2
libuuid1                        (>= 2.16) | 2.20.1-4
lsb-base                      (>= 3.2-14) | 4.1+Debian3
wpasupplicant                (>= 0.7.3-1) | 0.7.3-6
dbus                           (>= 1.1.2) | 1.5.12-1
udev                                      | 175-3.1
adduser                                   | 3.113+nmu1
isc-dhcp-client           (>= 4.1.1-P1-4) | 4.2.2.dfsg.1-5


Recommends        (Version) | Installed
===========================-+-===========
policykit-1                 | 0.104-2
ppp              (>= 2.4.5) | 2.4.5-5.1
dnsmasq-base                | 2.61-1
iptables                    | 1.4.13-1.1
modemmanager                | 0.5.2.0-1
crda                        | 1.1.2-1


Suggests           (Version) | Installed
============================-+-===========
avahi-autoipd                |