Ubuntu
network-manager package

Network Connections window says I've "Never" used the wired connection I'm using right now

Bug #447067 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas on 2009-10-09

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	network-manager (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: network-manager

1. Connect to a wired network.
2. Secondary-click on the network icon and choose "Edit Connections...".

What happens: The "Wired" tab reports that the wired connection you're using was "Last used" "Never".
What should happen: The window should show that you're using the connection right now.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Date: Fri Oct 9 10:19:54 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
IfupdownConfig:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
IpRoute:
10.45.43.0/24 dev eth2 proto kernel scope link src 10.45.43.110 metric 1
192.168.122.0/24 dev virbr0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.122.1
default via 10.45.43.1 dev eth2 proto static
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: network-manager 0.8~a~git.20091005t192303.1d28ad1-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_NZ.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.41-generic
RfKill:

SourcePackage: network-manager
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic i686
WpaSupplicantLog:

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lp:ubuntu/natty/network-manager

CVE References

2010-1172

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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote on 2009-10-09:

screenshot Edit (77.2 KiB, image/png)
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Gconf.txt Edit (39.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IpAddr.txt Edit (998 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (178 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.eth1.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.eth2.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.lo.txt Edit (3.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
NetDevice.virbr0.txt Edit (3.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciNetwork.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (41.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XsessionErrors.txt Edit (4.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nm-system-settings.conf.txt Edit (313 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Jeff Lane  (bladernr) wrote on 2010-04-21:

I have seen the same thing since the beginning of the Lucid cycle... network-manager correctly reports the "Last Used" time for my wireless device, but for the copper enet card, nothing at all.

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Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote on 2010-04-21:

Confirming, setting priority to Low.

I see it happening on my system as well, and it seems (from last time I looked at it briefly) like it was the timestamp for last use being in the past or something, causing the label do display "Never", for a wired connection currently in use.

Same applies to a currently-used wifi connection: mine currently displays "4 minutes ago", even though it is currently connected.

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed
importance:	Undecided → Low

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2010-11-09:

This bug was fixed in the package network-manager - 0.8.2-0ubuntu1

---------------
network-manager (0.8.2-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * new upstream release 0.8.2
    - update timestamp in active system connections every 5 mins
    - ignore authorization for sleep/wake requests (but restrict to root)
    - add timestamp to default auto wired connections (LP: #447067)
    - don't crash if for some reason HW addresses aren't available (bgo #630534)
    - ensure Enabled state is preserved regardless of rfkill (LP: #387345)
    - add dhcp4-change and dhcp6-change events (bgo #563654)
    - validate Enable/Disable WiFi and WWAN requests
    - handle VPN service installation/removal dynamically (LP: #458595)
    - let plugins forbid VPN connections from getting the default route
      (LP: #598357)
    - work around dbus-glib property access bug (CVE-2010-1172)
    - ensure dhcp_manager exists before trying to unref it (bgo #626610)
  * drop dhcp3 support patch, it was applied upstream.
    - remove debian/patches/99-support-dhcp3.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * drop cherry-picked patches to /etc/hosts handling, their changes are
    included in the source tarball:
    - remove debian/patches/lp659872_dont_overwite_hosts_aliases_ee9ce60.patch
    - remove debian/patches/lp632896_cleanup_etc_hosts.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * Properly document workflow for working on NM packaging.
    - add debian/README.source
  * Slight change to GET_SOURCE script. Looks like we were looking for the
    "orig" keyword in the wrong variable.
    - update debian/rules
  * Fix typo in README.source
    - update debian/README.source
  * network-manager Breaks: dhcp3-client (<< 4.1.1-P1-11) to provide seemless
    upgrades to isc-dhcp 4 and avoid unnecessary compatibility issues
  * switch Build-Depends from dhcp3-client to isc-dhcp-client >= 4.1.1 to make
    sure we don't build with an old version of DHCP.
  * libnm-glib2 also Breaks: dhcp3-client (<< 4.1.1-P1-11)
    - debian/control
  * libnm-util1 Breaks: dhcp3-client (<< 4.1.1-P1-11) as well
    - debian/control
  * Patch various files to support building with kernel headers 2.6.36 and
    newer (otherwise it conflicts with libc headers for interface structures)
    - debian/patches/do-not-include-netif.patch
    - debian/patches/series
-- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <email address hidden> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:01:48 -0500

This bug was fixed in the package network-manager - 0.8.2-0ubuntu1

---------------
network-manager (0.8.2-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

* new upstream release 0.8.2
    - update timestamp in active system connections every 5 mins
    - ignore authorization for sleep/wake requests (but restrict to root)
    - add timestamp to default auto wired connections (LP: #447067)
    - don't crash if for some reason HW addresses aren't available (bgo #630534)
    - ensure Enabled state is preserved regardless of rfkill (LP: #387345)
    - add dhcp4-change and dhcp6-change events (bgo #563654)
    - validate Enable/Disable WiFi and WWAN requests
    - handle VPN service installation/removal dynamically (LP: #458595)
    - let plugins forbid VPN connections from getting the default route
      (LP: #598357)
    - work around dbus-glib property access bug (CVE-2010-1172)
    - ensure dhcp_manager exists before trying to unref it (bgo #626610)
  * drop dhcp3 support patch, it was applied upstream.
    - remove debian/patches/99-support-dhcp3.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * drop cherry-picked patches to /etc/hosts handling, their changes are
    included in the source tarball:
    - remove debian/patches/lp659872_dont_overwite_hosts_aliases_ee9ce60.patch
    - remove debian/patches/lp632896_cleanup_etc_hosts.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
  * Properly document workflow for working on NM packaging.
    - add debian/README.source
  * Slight change to GET_SOURCE script. Looks like we were looking for the
    "orig" keyword in the wrong variable.
    - update debian/rules
  * Fix typo in README.source
    - update debian/README.source
  * network-manager Breaks: dhcp3-client (<< 4.1.1-P1-11) to provide seemless
    upgrades to isc-dhcp 4 and avoid unnecessary compatibility issues
  * switch Build-Depends from dhcp3-client to isc-dhcp-client >= 4.1.1 to make
    sure we don't build with an old version of DHCP.
  * libnm-glib2 also Breaks: dhcp3-client (<< 4.1.1-P1-11)
    - debian/control
  * libnm-util1 Breaks: dhcp3-client (<< 4.1.1-P1-11) as well
    - debian/control
  * Patch various files to support building with kernel headers 2.6.36 and
    newer (otherwise it conflicts with libc headers for interface structures)
    - debian/patches/do-not-include-netif.patch
    - debian/patches/series
 -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <mathieu-tl@ubuntu.com>   Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:01:48 -0500

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released

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