Public bug reported: Using Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This isn't a bug, per say, more of a usability / pro-active-prevention measure to keep noobs from shooting themselves in the foot.
Basically, I was able to uninstall dhcp3-client & dhcp3-common packages in Synaptic while still using wpasupplicant, nm-applet & network- manager. I understand that Ubuntu gives you the freedom to switch to a different dhcp client app if you wish. But by letting me uninstall those 2 packages, my comp was no longer able to negotiate dhcp leases from my home network, and the network-manager could no longer hook to my home network and get me on the net. I tried using the Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic cd as a repo to install them, but it couldn't find dhcp3-* on it, so no luck there. I finally went to another comp of mine, and used it to dig up those 2 packages as .deb files from ubuntu's online repo. I sneaker-net'ed them over to my other box on a usb stick, installed them, and all was well. I think network-manager, nm-applet, and/or wpa-supplicant should have a dependency to dhcp3-client in order to prevent folks from uninstalling it by accident then later wondering why their network-manager is not connecting to their network when they reboot. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Jan 6 20:55:46 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: dhcp3-client 3.1.2-1ubuntu7 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic SourcePackage: dhcp3 Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686 ** Affects: dhcp3 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 -- MOTU/Package issue: network-manager & nm-applet don't depend on dhcp3-client https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/504109 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to dhcp3 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs