Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: network-manager
Ubuntu 8.10,
network-manager 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1.8.10.2
network-manager-gnome 0.7~~svn20081020t000444-0ubuntu1.8.10.2
If the user presses Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to restart GDM, network-manager
resets the network connection to whichever is flagged as the default
connection. This is sub-optimal and should not happen if the user has
multiple connections configured.
We can test this by setting up an additional connection with (for
example) a different dns server and then selecting that connection using
the network-manager applet and then checking /etc/resolv.conf for the
presence of the new dns server. After restarting GDM using
Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, the default connection will now be selected and
/etc/resolv.conf will have the default connection's dns server.
What I expect to happen is network-manager to remember the state of the
network connection and keep (or reapply if necessary) it when GDM
restarts. I see three potential cases: a) GDM is stopped due to system
shutdown b) gdm is restarted due to a patch c) GDM is restarted by the
user. In cases b) and c), GDM should remember (write to a
lastconnection config file?) the last state it was in and reapply it
after restart or not touch it. Only in case a) should the default be
used.
** Affects: network-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Restarting GDM resets network manager to default network connection.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/364722
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