Comment 111 for bug 279262

On Saturday, April 30, 2011 08:28:57 pm Adam Porter wrote:
> After upgrading from Maverick to Natty using the dist-upgrade tool, my
> Ethernet connection was completely unusable, because it was "unmanaged".
>
> I was able to manually activate the interface with ifconfig and manually
> run $(dhclient eth0) to get an IP from DHCP. Then I purged network-
> manager and reinstalled it. But it's STILL UNMANAGED!
>
> This is absolutely insane. Upgrading Kubuntu from Maverick to Natty
> BREAKS NETWORKING, with NO WAY TO FIX IT other than mucking around in a
> terminal!!!
>
> This bug has been around for YEARS!!!
>
> How can Natty be released like this?!? Average users won't have a clue
> how to fix it and won't be able to find out because they can't get
> online!!!
>
> Is this intentional sabotage against Kubuntu? If not, what other
> explanation is there for releasing a new version of Kubuntu that utterly
> breaks networking upon upgrading?
>
> Debian would never, ever release a new version that has such UTTERLY
> FATAL bugs in it.
>
> What does it take to get a CRITICAL bug like this fixed???
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - [regression] devices/interfaces not set to "auto" in /etc/network/interfaces get blacklisted in 0.7 (intrepid) but were managed in 0.6 (hardy and before)
> + Ethernet unusable after Maverick-Natty upgrade; device unmanaged; no way to change it
>
> ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: Triaged => Confirmed
>
>
Dear Adam,
Please stop upgrading outside of Long Term Release versions.
Maybe you did not realize Maverick is currently leading edge and Natty is considered bleeding edge.
Yes, in most cases, most things are "cooler" and more "flashy".
It is also possible that you didn't realize that ALL CAPITOL LETTERS ARE CONSIDERED YELLING.
If all caps are accompanied with exclamation points it LOOKS LIKE SCREAMING!!!
If in fact you really are this discouraged over something that is being worked on without much good to say, please go back to version 8.04.x or 10.04.x
--
Thank You,
Ronnie Redd

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