On 29/06/12 23:47, Chris Davies wrote: > Steve Dowe <s...@warpuniversal.co.uk> wrote: >> The issue I'm having, using wheezy, is that if I set up a bridged >> ethernet interface for eth0 (br0), as per instructions on the Debian >> wiki etc, NetworkManager can no longer manage my wired ethernet connection. > > You can't do that :-(
That was almost the right answer ;) > If you need a bridge (like I do), AFAIK the only two solutions are: > > - uninstall network manager and return to using /etc/network/interfaces > - add the missing code to network manager I'm trying to decide what's more tempting... > I have tried various ways of "persuading" NM that it wants to control > my bridged interface instead of the physical one, and it really won't > play ball. I had wanted to try and keep NM on my laptop because it does > wireless better than my previous home-grown solutions. But I've had > to unmanage my wired NIC and now NM tries really hard to bring up the > wireless interface each time someone logs in. I like the ease with which I can configure (and test) VPNs for clients > Oh well. I suppose I should be glad I'm not alone. But it doesn't really > help you, does it. No... but as you say, knowing the there might be a reasonable use case for controlling a bridged ethernet device means there may be a solution, one day. -- Steve Dowe Warp Universal http://warp2.me/sd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ff1d31d.3080...@warpuniversal.co.uk
