[Bug 41747] if network cable not plugged in on boot, no address ever acquired

[dankegel]

Public bug reported:

Affects: gnome-netstatus (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
On my laptop, the 100baseT plug broke,
so half the time when I boot, the plug has come loose.  
Dapper flight 4 can't cope with this!  
I have to manually down and up the interface
because gnome-netstatus-applet isn't smart enough to
realise it should get an address.  
(I guess I should build it from source and debug this
myself, but touching Gnome is a scary prospect.)

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if network cable not plugged in on boot, no address ever acquired
https://launchpad.net/bugs/41747