[Bug 191889] Re: [MASTER] Ubuntu's new "Offline Mode" feature cannot properly detect when there is a valid network available for use in many circumstances

[hce]

I confirm this bug. depending on where I connect fromI use both network manager (for ethernet and wireless), and a custom udev script that brings up pppoatm automatically when the ADSL USB modem is connected (aetra modem, ueagle-atm driver - see http://atm.eagle-usb.org/wakka.php?wiki=UEagleAtmUdevEn). 
network manager fails to detect that the ppp connection is up, and as a consequence evolution and firefox start in offline mode. yes, this is a nm bug, not mozilla or evolution's.
as I sometimes use it, uninstalling network manager is not an acceptable solution for me either. 
it should just recognize that a ppp interface is up, even if it does not manage it, and set status to online. 
at most, it could require the user to configure a certain interface as "not managed by nm but valid for online status".

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[MASTER] Ubuntu's new "Offline Mode" feature cannot properly detect when there is a valid network available for use in many circumstances
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191889
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