Correction: No need to suspend, removing the cable and re-plugging causes the same problem. After the cable was removed once, network manager always reports "Ethernet Networks: disconnected".
** Summary changed: - eth0 down after suspend + No ethernet connection after connection was dropped once -- 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/1176351 Title: No ethernet connection after connection was dropped once Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Raring, on a Thinkpad T61, with e1000e network driver. After resume form suspend, eth0 is down, but network manager shows "network connected". Reconnecting via the indicator menu does not work. When I type "sudo service networking restart" in a terminal, my whole session breaks: unity/compiz disappears, leaving the desktop unusable. Trying to use nmcli from a command line reports that dbus session cannot be found. I need to reboot to recover from this state. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: network-manager 0.9.8.0-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.30-generic 3.8.8 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat May 4 16:26:24 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-20 (134 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.129 metric 1 MarkForUpload: True NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-25 (8 days ago) nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH wlan0 802-11-wireless 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 0.9.8.0 connected enabled disabled disabled enabled disabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1176351/+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

