Alexander Kurtz <[email protected]> - Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:20:23 +0200
>fixed 591232 0.8.0.999-1 >tag 591232 confirmed >severity 591232 important >thanks > >Hi, > >I investigated this problem in a VM. Here's what I found: > >Test time | Network-Manager Version | Network connection is configured by > | | /etc/network/interfaces | > Network-Manager >----------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+------------------------ >after install | 0.6.6-3 (lenny) | connection is recreated | >connection is recreated >after remove | 0.6.6-3 (lenny) | connection is down | >connection is down >after install | 0.8.0.999-1 (squeeze) | connection is untouched | >connection is recreated >after remove | 0.8.0.999-1 (squeeze) | connection is untouched | >connection is untouched > >So my conclusions are: > > a) Network-Manager does indeed have the described bug (connection down > after removal). > > b) The connection is also down after removal even if it was configured > manually. > > c) a) and b) only apply to the version in lenny, the NM version in > squeeze seems to behave in a sensible way > > d) The package description clearly says that Network Manager > > "is intended only for the desktop use-case, and is not intended > for usage on servers" > > Therefore you should expect things to break if you have it installed > on a server. If you want to install Gnome on your server do a > standard (non-graphical) install and then use > > apt-get install gnome network-manager- > > This will install gnome without NM. > >I have changed the bug report according to the above. If you or the >maintainer think that is wrong, feel free to revert the changes. > >Best regards > >Alexander Thank you very much for this investigation. My "use case" was not to install NM on a server, but, with a fresh "normal" install (which includes gnome and this NM), was to try to remove it :). Anyway, if squeeze's version seems to behave correctly, then that's nice ! Regards, Michel
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