Applet applies 'Auto' as a prefix to all Network Names
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Network Manager Applet |
Unknown
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Unknown
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| network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Ubuntu 9.04
network-
When a user connects to a network for the first time, the network's profile is saved by the applet. One of the attributes of a network which is enabled by default, is the 'Auto' attribute, which denotes automatically try to connect to the network, if present, and not the machine's not already connected to a network.
This attribute is used a prefix of the network ( or connection ) name and is displayed several places in the applet, and also in the Network Connections application. Even if the user de-selects the 'connect automatically' checkbox via System : Preference : Network Connections : Wireless tab's Edit button, the prefix continues to show. The only way to get rid of it, is to delete 'Auto' from the 'Connection name' input field.
Unless the applet allows a given network to exist both with or without the 'Auto' attribute, this prefix should just get stripped from the name.
The prefix shows up in the following places:
- applet : right-click : Connection Information
- applet: right-click: Edit Connection, select Wireless tab, select network, click 'Edit'. 'Auto' appears in the dialog title, in the 'Connection name'
| Milan Bouchet-Valat (nalimilan) wrote | #1 |
| superfly (superfly) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in network-manager-applet (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| C de-Avillez (hggdh2) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in network-manager-applet (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Low → Wishlist |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| Vish (vish) wrote | #4 |
| deuterium (matt-j-heard) wrote | #5 |
Note that I don't think the word "Auto" refers to the fact that the system will automatically try to connect to this network. It rather means that NetworkManager automatically created an entry for the network you selected, and filled the configuration with default values (as opposed to you creating a custom connexion). This mostly happens with wireless networks, where you choose the ESSID and let NM find out other parameters.
That said, I agree that's confusing, and could be removed without losing much.