I get this behavior when I use a bridge or an ordinary wired ethernet (eth0) for network connection iff this interface is not managed by NetworkManager but defined in /etc/network/interfaces.
Problem is (at least to my experience) that NetworkManager cannot open an VPN over a working connection that it does not manage itself. Feature requests: 1. NetworkManager should search for and report properties of ALL network connections, even these not managed by itself. Working connections not managed by NetworkManager should marked like 'not managed by NM'. 2. NetworkManager should be able to use every working connection as basis for a VPN. ___ I am using ubuntu 12.04 LTS i386 32bit and NM from package 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1013963 Title: NetworkManager doesn't support bridge interface defined in /etc/network/interfaces Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hello, I need a network bridge for my virtualbox VMs on my desktop computer. If I create a br0 bridge in /etc/network/interfaces, it works but Network Manager applet doesn't see any active network connection, and as such I can't connect to VPN anymore. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: network-manager-gnome 0.9.4.1-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic 3.2.18 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Date: Sat Jun 16 14:27:24 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120316) NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RfKill: SourcePackage: network-manager-applet UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH eth1 802-3-ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 eth0 802-3-ethernet connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.4.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled disabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1013963/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
