NetworkManager does not manage device after install on IPv6 network
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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network-manager (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When installing Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 with debian-installer on a network with IPv6 enabled, NetworkManager disabled network interfaces from automatically configuring via DHCP in /etc/network/
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
#NetworkManager
# This is an autoconfigured IPv6 interface
iface eth0 inet6 auto
Because there is a non-commented iface line for eth0, NetworkManager never takes over management. My system is:
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4
Related branches
- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre: Approve
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Diff: 11 lines (+1/-0)1 file modifieddebian/ifblacklist_migrate.sh (+1/-0)
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.