Package: network-manager Version: 1.6.2-3 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
I connect my PC (Debian9, Stretch) to the Internet via my mobile phone, attached to my PC via a USB cable. Thus I use Tethering on my mobile phone. Attaching the mobile phone this way to my PC gives me a USB network connection. I configured that USB connection via the NetworkManager and told it NOT to start the connection automatically. Connection name: "USB Samsung Galaxy S8". And yes, its MAC address is correct. Reboot. When I plug-in the mobile phone (tethering connection) then I immediately get a connection to the Internet, therefore: - error: It was not configured so. This might be a matter for the "network-manager-gnome package", I am not sure: - the NetworkManager icon on the desktop gives the impression that I am not connected to the Internet (but well, in fact, I am): error - Selecting the NetworkManager menu item "Ethernet Connected" shows up the sub menu item item: - Connect So what? I am already connected! Error. Clicking that menu item does not do anything. Another option in the menu mentioned above is "Ethernet Connected -> Wired Settings". When I select this menu item then I get a new window "Network" where the first item is "USB Ethernet". Its menu topics are: - USB Samsung Galaxy S8 Last used: 7 days ago. What?! I am using it right now. At least I intend to use it right now. Yes, its MAC address is correct. Error. - Ethernet This is my local cable connected Ethernet. Why is it shown here? I see a menu item "PCI Ethernet Connected" in my Desktop Menu, where it is mentioned, too. In my impression that is where it belongs. Anyway, that entry does not disturb here. Hopefully. Error? - Wired Connection 1 Where does this menu item come from? Who set it up? I did'nt. So it must have been set up automatically. It uses the default feature "auto-connect" which explains the behaviour that I am connected immediately. Obviously this is what is actually used for my mobile connection. Who set it up, and why? I personally did not configured that connection. The connection "USB Samsung Galaxy S8" should be used instead. Error BTW: There is no file for this connection "Wired Connection 1" in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections Hans -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.5 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages network-manager depends on: ii adduser 3.115 ii dbus 1.10.26-0+deb9u1 ii init-system-helpers 1.48 ii libaudit1 1:2.6.7-2 ii libbluetooth3 5.43-2+deb9u1 ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u3 ii libglib2.0-0 2.50.3-2 ii libgnutls30 3.5.8-5+deb9u3 ii libgudev-1.0-0 230-3 ii libjansson4 2.9-1 ii libmm-glib0 1.6.4-1 ii libndp0 1.6-1+b1 ii libnewt0.52 0.52.19-1+b1 ii libnl-3-200 3.2.27-2 ii libnm0 1.6.2-3 ii libpam-systemd 232-25+deb9u4 ii libpolkit-agent-1-0 0.105-18 ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.105-18 ii libreadline7 7.0-3 ii libselinux1 2.6-3+b3 ii libsoup2.4-1 2.56.0-2+deb9u2 ii libsystemd0 232-25+deb9u4 ii libteamdctl0 1.26-1+b1 ii libuuid1 2.29.2-1+deb9u1 ii lsb-base 9.20161125 ii policykit-1 0.105-18 ii udev 232-25+deb9u4 ii wpasupplicant 2:2.4-1+deb9u1 Versions of packages network-manager recommends: ii crda 3.18-1 ii dnsmasq-base 2.76-5+deb9u1 ii iptables 1.6.0+snapshot20161117-6 ii iputils-arping 3:20161105-1 ii isc-dhcp-client 4.3.5-3+deb9u1 ii modemmanager 1.6.4-1 ii ppp 2.4.7-1+4 Versions of packages network-manager suggests: pn libteam-utils <none> -- no debconf information
