[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#755202: network-manager: keeps creating and using new connection "eth0" that does not work

[Vladimir K]

I can assume NM creates virtual 'eth0' profile when it sees that interface is already brought up and configured.
This profile does not exist as a file in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections.

I'm using several named connection profiles with associated dispatcher scripts. If there is a need for NM to be restarted, usually correct profile is restored. But if interface configuration was somehow altered by something other than NM, then after restart it uses this dynamic 'eth0' profile instead of correct one. Annoying. I hope there is or will be a way to disable this feature, as it is clearly misfires sometimes.