On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Jirka Klimes <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 08 of September 2010 02:33:49 Seblu wrote: >> Hello, >> >> First thanks to dev this great tool, it help me everydays :) >> >> I currently use the lastest version networkmanager 0.8.1 on archlinux >> with the kde plasma applet to configure my networks. >> >> My probleme is simple, i've 3 networks type : Eth, Wifi and Mobile >> Broadband. Everytime my laptop is on his dock (eth0 is on), applet >> connect everytime to a "Auto eth0". This prevent me to use wifi or >> Mobile broadband without undock my laptop. I have deeply search a >> configuration solution about who create this device "Auto eth0" and >> this line in syslog let me do the following supposition. >> >> rwolf NetworkManager[4577]: <info> Activation (eth0) starting >> connection 'Auto eth0' >> >> So i suppose it's not kde applet fault if this connection is present >> and auto... I'm wondering how i can prevent NetworkManager to create >> it ? >> >> >> Regards, > > The 'Auto eth0' connection (i.e. configuration) is a system-wide connection. > It > is created by NetworkManager daemon when no other connection is present for a > wired device. Its purpose is automatically provide connectivity without any > configuration. However, you can modify it to suite your needs (e.g. switch off > autoconnection, etc.) or just delete it and create a new one. You can do that > via nm-applet/nm-connection-editor. After doing that the "default" connections > becomes normal system connection (persistently stored and retaining its > settings). > In order to be able to save modifications, you have to have a system plugin > enabled, > /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf should contain: > [main] > plugins=keyfile > > But, I see that you may have a problem since you use kde-plasma- > networkmanagement applet and that doesn't have ability to edit system > connections yet. > There's a possibility to use D-Bus to delete a connection: > dbus-send --system --print-reply -- > dest='org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSystemSettings' > '/org/freedesktop/NetworkManagerSettings/0' > org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSettings.Connection.Delete > > And you should be also able to prevent NM creating the "Auto eth0" by placing > no-auto-default=<the MAC of eth0 here> > to the [main] section in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf > (which is what NM does when "Auto eth0" is manually deleted in nm-connection- > editor or via D-Bus call). > > Example: > [main] > plugins=keyfile > no-auto-default=00:24:1d:60:c4:ba >
thank you very much for this explanation ! -- Sébastien Luttringer www.seblu.net _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
