network-admin doesn't start wifi on first config

Bug #186374 reported by Dave Cottingham
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gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools

To repeat:

1. Boot 7.10 Live CD (i386)
2. Launch network-admin and configure wifi with static IP. Close.
3. /etc/network/interfaces is correctly changed, but iwconfig and ifconfig show that nothing has been done, e.g. ESSID is not set, and IP address is not set.
4. Relaunch network-admin, change something, close.
5. /etc/network/interfaces correctly modified, and now ifconfig and iwconfig show that the interface is correctly set up.

The specific somethings I've tried this with are the IP address, and the WEP key.

Bugs that may or may not be related: 67876, 80219, 160710, 173370.

My wifi is an Intel 2200.

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Matthew Woerly (nattgew) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. None of the bugs you listed seem like the same problem. Can you check the enabled checkbox, uncheck in, and then check it again? And you have to specifically change something to get it to work the second time?

Changed in gnome-system-tools:
status: New → Incomplete
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Dave Cottingham (dcottingham00) wrote :

Yes, you have to change something the second time. For instance, going to properties, erasing the IP address and typing it in again doesn't do it.

As for the checkbox. I do steps 1, 2, and 3 as in the initial report. Then I launch network-admin, uncheck the box, and recheck the box. Now the interface is correctly set up.

Changed in gnome-system-tools:
status: Incomplete → New
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Iulian Udrea (iulian) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release?

Thank you,

Iulian

Changed in gnome-system-tools:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!.

Changed in gnome-system-tools:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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