[Fwd: Re: Network Manager as part of default install]

[Gianmarco Leone]

------- Messaggio inoltrato -------
Da: Gianmarco Leone <gm_l at email.it>
Rispondi-a: gmlion at gmail.com
A: Matt Zimmerman <mdz at ubuntu.com>
Oggetto: Re: Network Manager as part of default install
Data: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:12:37 +0200

Il giorno gio, 05/04/2007 alle 16.23 +0100, Matt Zimmerman ha scritto:
> On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 06:05:17PM -0700, Brian Murray wrote:
> > After the release of Feisty Fawn beta I have seen quite a few bug
> > reports from users who have upgraded from Edgy to Feisty and are
> having
> > difficulty with their network connections.  The most common scenario
> > involves a user who has manually configured their network connection
> in
> > their '/etc/network/interfaces' file and did not use network-manager
> in
> > Edgy.  They then upgrade to Feisty where network-manager is
> installed by
> > default and have difficulty accessing their network.  I try to have
> them
> > remove the configuration in '/etc/network/interfaces' and let
> > network-manager control the device.  However, some have been
> removing
> > network-manager all together.
> 
I'm one of these people, and I've just filled a bug.
> network-manager should ignore interfaces which have been manually
> configured.  
The problem is that it *should*, but it seems that it doesn't behave
correctly.
Now I will ask a perhaps dumb question: is there a "preferred networks"
setting in NM? If not, the static configuration remains the best one for
many situations.
> 
> Usually, the correct thing to do is to set the interface to "automatic".
> 
> > I believe that this will generate enough bug reports or support tickets
> > that we should provide as much information about the changes when using 
> > network-manager.  I think mentioning it in the release notes and
> > update-manager (dist-upgrade part) would be worth while.  Are there any
> > other places that we could announce this change?
> 
> Yes, this should be documented in the release notes.  CCing the doc team for
> input.
> 
> > 
> > Bug reports showing this
> > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/96521
> > [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/102448
> > [3] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/95828
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > -- 
> > Brian Murray                                                 @ubuntu.com
> 
> 
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>  - mdz
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