Baltix
network-manager package

  1. Bug #82927
  2. Comment #17

Comment 17 for bug 82927

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jerrylamos (jerrylamos) wrote : Re: feisty fawn no network connection

Thanks, Simon, will look over your entry.

My view is if Network Manager is now a default and on every Feisty, then IT SHOULD WORK. Verify problem again:

1. Verify hardware. Boot up CD Live Edgy, start Firefox and Internet Access O.K. as usual. There isn't any Network Manager activated because it was not a default Edgy package.

2. Boot up CD Live 20070222 Feisty, md5sums check, start Firefox and internet Not accessible. Network Manager says "No network connection". Note, Edgy has no problem with this hardware so this is a Feisty software bug.

Here is an excerpt from /var/log/syslog where Network Manager deactivates eth0 when it should not:
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Feb 22 09:15:14 ubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^Istarting...
Feb 22 09:15:14 ubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^Ieth0: Driver 'ne2k-pci' does not support carrier detection. ^IYou must switch to it manually.
Feb 22 09:15:14 ubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^Inm_device_init(): waiting for device's worker thread to start
Feb 22 09:15:14 ubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^Inm_device_init(): device's worker thread started, continuing.
Feb 22 09:15:14 ubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^INow managing wired Ethernet (802.3) device 'eth0'.
Feb 22 09:15:14 ubuntu NetworkManager: <information>^IDeactivating device eth0.
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There is nothing wrong with the hardware or the driver Edgy uses. It works fine with Edgy, and after issuing sudo dhclient, it works fine with Feisty too.

Bug #1: Network Manger should not have disabled eth0. Ubuntu Mantra: "It should just work" like it does on Edgy.

Bug #2. After sudo dhclient, network runs fine however Network Manager still says "No network connection" even though there is one.

Whoever decided Network Manager is a default Feisty package needs to follow through with the rest of the Feisty network software, and when a network connection is made Network Manager should reflect there is a connection when there is.

Now this is Feisty 20070222 I'm using, so I got the network going. That's not the point. If a few million Feisty's are shipped, then they ought to work right out of the box like Edgy does. My view, anyway.

Cheers, Jerry