In any case, let's deal with the (main) problem. When eth0 is not mentioned in /e/n/i, NM should configure it regardless of the "managed" setting. But in Frank's case that doesn't happen. In Frank's log (NM 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.1) we see:
Jun 26 13:50:17 zwaluw NetworkManager[1772]: <info> (eth0): carrier is OFF Jun 26 13:50:17 zwaluw NetworkManager[1772]: <info> (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'atl1c' ifindex: 2) Jun 26 13:50:17 zwaluw NetworkManager[1772]: <info> (eth0): exported as /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 Jun 26 13:50:17 zwaluw NetworkManager[1772]: <info> (eth0): now managed Jun 26 13:50:17 zwaluw NetworkManager[1772]: <info> (eth0): device state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed') [10 20 2] Jun 26 13:50:17 zwaluw NetworkManager[1772]: <info> (eth0): bringing up device. Jun 26 13:50:17 zwaluw NetworkManager[1772]: <info> (eth0): carrier now ON (device state 20) Jun 26 13:50:17 zwaluw NetworkManager[1772]: <info> (eth0): preparing device. Jun 26 13:50:17 zwaluw NetworkManager[1772]: <info> (eth0): deactivating device (reason 'managed') [2] Jun 26 13:50:17 zwaluw kernel: [ 24.667139] atl1c 0000:05:00.0: irq 57 for MSI/MSI-X Jun 26 13:50:17 zwaluw kernel: [ 24.667253] atl1c 0000:05:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex> Jun 26 13:50:17 zwaluw NetworkManager[1772]: <info> (eth0): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'none') [20 30 0] For comparison, here's what I see on my laptop where eth0 gets configured by NM quantal (0.9.4.0+git201206081144.2efeac8-0ubuntu1): Jun 28 10:03:40 tenerife kernel: [ 23.112806] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X Jun 28 10:03:40 tenerife kernel: [ 23.113317] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready Jun 28 10:03:40 tenerife kernel: [ 23.113549] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [...] Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> (eth0): carrier now ON (device state 20) Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> (eth0): device state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'carrier-changed') [20 30 40] Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> Auto-activating connection 'Wired connection 1'. Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> Activation (eth0) starting connection 'Wired connection 1' Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> (eth0): device state change: disconnected -> prepare (reason 'none') [30 40 0] Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> (eth0): device state change: prepare -> config (reason 'none') [40 50 0] Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) successful. Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) scheduled. Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) started... Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> (eth0): device state change: config -> ip-config (reason 'none') [50 70 0] Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife kernel: [ 26.785345] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> Activation (eth0) Beginning DHCPv4 transaction (timeout in 45 seconds) Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife kernel: [ 26.785772] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> dhclient started with pid 1871 Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> Activation (eth0) Beginning IP6 addrconf. Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.1-ESV-R4 Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife dhclient: Copyright 2004-2011 Internet Systems Consortium. Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife dhclient: All rights reserved. Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife dhclient: For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/ Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife dhclient: Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) complete. Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife NetworkManager[1017]: <info> (eth0): DHCPv4 state changed nbi -> preinit Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife dhclient: Listening on LPF/eth0/f0:de:f1:6b:22:bf Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife dhclient: Sending on LPF/eth0/f0:de:f1:6b:22:bf Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback Jun 28 10:03:44 tenerife dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 [...] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1018933 Title: NetworkManager does not connect eth0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1018933/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
