I, too, experienced similar problems, but I suspect it may not be a bug in nm-applet as such but rather caused by pppoeconf writing to /etc/network/interfaces. Xubuntu 7.10 Gutsy, nm-applet 0.6.5
My sister has DSL pay-per-minute, so I used pppoeconf to set up a connection. Then, I could connect using "pon dsl-provider" or alternatively when I clicked on the nm-applet in the Xfce panel I had a new item "Dial-up connections" from which I could connect and disconnect. Back at my parents' house with DSL flatrate and behind a modem/router, plugging in the cable no longer got me an IP address from the DHCP server (router); neither did checking and unchecking "Enable Networking" with the cable plugged in. I was, however, able to get an IP address by just saying "sudo dhclient eth0". The nm-applet "Wired connection" was missing. First, I removed the config file that pppoeconf creates (/etc/ppp/peers /dsl-provider); this didn't help. Then, I looked into /etc/network/interfaces, which looked like this: ---interfaces file start ----- auto lo iface lo inet loopback iface dsl-provider inet ppp pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf provider dsl-provider auto eth0 iface eth0 inet manual ---interfaces file end --- I removed everything except the first two lines: auto lo iface lo inet loopback At first, clicking on nm-applet after doing this completely froze the machine. I had to force-shutdown by holding the power button. But after reboot, everything is fine and I can again select "Wired Network" in nm-applet, and nm-applet gets an IP address from the router. Of course, it's a bit of a pain if I have to manually reset all this every time I move between my parents' and my sister's place. Is there a way to set up dialup dsl connections from within nm-applet, without going through pppoeconf? Or, could I now just move back the /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider file (I made a backup), without using pppoeconf, and would "pon dsl-provider" then work without the extra stuff in /etc/network/interfaces? -- configuring a pppoe connection with pppoeconf locks local network functionality https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/157993 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
