Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools
Laptop with one wire and one wireless ethernet devices
Initial scenario:
eth0 points to the wire ethernet
eth1 points to the wireless ethernet
network-admin works well, displaying the two devices and their status (
activated/deactivated in the profile, the name -eth0 and eth1- and the
type of network device ( wired connection and wireless connection ) on
the initial window.
Administrator changes:
The admin/user changes the device names using the standard procedure
based on entries declared in /etc/iftab
/etc/iftab content:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cat /etc/iftab
# This file assigns persistent names to network interfaces. See iftab(5).
cable mac XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
wireless mac ZZ:ZZ:ZZ:ZZ:ZZ
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#
Rebooted the machine to be sure that all is started up clean.
ifconfig shows names correctly
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ifconfig -a | grep Ether
cable Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
wireless Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#
But network-admin only shows the wireless name/device, no references to
'cable' device, event if the currently connection is doing across the
cable device.
Workaround :
For each startup or network modification
disable netwoking
/etc/init.d/networking stop
change values manually on /etc/network/interfaces accordingly to use
cable device or wireless device ( each one with the necessary options
-static ip, dhcp, wep key.... )
Start networking again
/etc/init.d/networking start
** Affects: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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network-admin cannot deal with user defined ethernet names
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140911
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