Control: severity -1 important Control: tags -1 moreinfo Am 19.12.2014 um 15:32 schrieb Pietro Battiston: > Package: network-manager > Version: 0.9.10.0-4 > Severity: grave > > Copypasted from a shell: > > pietro@debiousci:~$ for i in `seq 1 10`; do nmcli c | wc; done > 127 637 12827 > 127 637 12827 > 127 627 12827 > 126 628 12726 > 127 629 12573 > 127 634 12828 > 127 629 12827 > 127 630 12319 > 127 631 12827 > 127 627 12827 > > > I am clearly not changing my list of available connections (so quick!). So > what > is happening is that network-manager is dropping some of my registered > connections, in a random way. Initially I though "it is unable to handle more > than 127", but then I saw that sometimes it only lists 126. The output of > "nmcli c" is otherwise almost sane (see below). > > Some connections show up more frequently, some less. Consider for instance: > > pietro@debiousci:~$ for i in `seq 1 10`; do nmcli c | grep -i condividi; done > | > sort > Condividi 8a006f93-95ac-4683-a683-56413cbb95bb > 802-3-ethernet -- > Condividi 8a006f93-95ac-4683-a683-56413cbb95bb > 802-3-ethernet -- > Condividi 8a006f93-95ac-4683-a683-56413cbb95bb > 802-3-ethernet -- > Condividi cab18fac-376f-42cf-9349-d9b4170dacce > 802-3-ethernet -- > condividi con dnsmasq d54c2a91-f654-4d52-bdbd-cf9d8efdd9e5 > 802-3-ethernet -- > condividi daa501b5-87eb-4a3f-a6d5-4fa73d042a66 > 802-3-ethernet -- > condividi daa501b5-87eb-4a3f-a6d5-4fa73d042a66 > 802-3-ethernet -- > condividi daa501b5-87eb-4a3f-a6d5-4fa73d042a66 > 802-3-ethernet -- > condividi daa501b5-87eb-4a3f-a6d5-4fa73d042a66 > 802-3-ethernet -- > condividi daa501b5-87eb-4a3f-a6d5-4fa73d042a66 > 802-3-ethernet -- > condividi daa501b5-87eb-4a3f-a6d5-4fa73d042a66 > 802-3-ethernet -- > condividi daa501b5-87eb-4a3f-a6d5-4fa73d042a66 > 802-3-ethernet -- > condividi daa501b5-87eb-4a3f-a6d5-4fa73d042a66 > 802-3-ethernet -- > condividi daa501b5-87eb-4a3f-a6d5-4fa73d042a66 > 802-3-ethernet -- > > So > - one connection, "Condividi", is shown 3 times out of 10 > - one connection, "condividi con dnsmasq", is shown 1 time only > - one connection, "condividi", is shown most of the times... with different > space paddings!!!! > > Different runs of the above command will clearly give different results, but > some connections are indeed more rare - i.e. "condividi con dnsmasq" usually > shows in none of the 10 tries - and some exhibit (even more than 2) different > space paddings. The wireless connection I need to use at work shows up more or > less once every 100 tries. Which, by the way, is very annoying: it usually > disables autoconnect, makes it virtually impossible to use > gnome-control-center > (or the GNOME 3 drop-down menu) to connect, and makes it very hard and time > consuming also with "nmcli c up" (nm-connection-editor is also affected). > > This is why the bug is grave: in particular, if a remote server relies on > network-manager in order to connect at startup... you'd better hope it is not > too remote.
Not really, grave means, the package is unusable, which it clearly i'snt. > The bug was present also with 0.9.10.0-3. My rough guess is that the > problematic upgrade was located between July and September. > Can you pinpoint the exact version please. > pietro@debiousci:~$ ls /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections | wc > 431 891 8594 How did you generate 431 connections? Did you copy files around? -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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