For me it looks like this is resolved in 9.04. Pulling and/or plugging
the ethernet cable is almost instantly (within 2 seconds) detected by
the indicator in the top Gnome menu bar.
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DHCP client doesn't react to link state changes
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68037
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Thanks, this comment shed some light on how this got fixed in subsequent
releases:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dhcp3/+bug/59926/comments/6.
This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this
being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in
it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try
with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.
BugSquad
This symptom is largely alleviated (at least on desktop installs)
through the use of network-manager by default.
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DHCP client doesn't react to link state changes
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68037
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