This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu laptop testing tracker. A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here: http://laptop.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1059065
** Tags added: laptop-testing -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059065 Title: Network Manager does not connect the network adapter to a network with a DHCP server automatically Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When I insert a network cable into my ethernet port, network manager does not automatically assign an IP to my network device eth0: I was carrying out laptop testing on Networking - Cabled in Ubuntu Desktop amd64 for Quantal Beta 2 (http://laptop.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/239/builds/24437/testcases/894/results), I disabled wireless networking in Network Manager, inserted a network cable into my ethernet port, but no IP address is assigned to eth0. I had to open terminal and insert this command: sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.17.30 up only after this did my wired network start working. This is my hardware: http://wiki.ubuntu-it.org/CarlaSella/HP%20G62%20Notebook%20PC. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: network-manager 0.9.6.0-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.25-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.5.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CRDA: country VN: (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), DFS Date: Sun Sep 30 15:40:25 2012 IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2) IpRoute: default via 192.168.17.1 dev wlan0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.17.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.17.12 metric 9 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true WimaxEnabled=true ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.NetworkManager.NetworkManager.conf: 2012-09-17T23:05:36.330751 nmcli-con: NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT READONLY DBUS-PATH BUFFALO-BD0F00 1ceceeb7-895a-43ad-800c-e671c9c8c45f 802-11-wireless 1349012428 Sun 30 Sep 2012 03:40:28 PM CEST yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2 AndroidCarla c861f07f-5da6-4ec5-aded-0f150f90196c 802-11-wireless 1348502860 Mon 24 Sep 2012 06:07:40 PM CEST yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1 AViLUG b3fb7913-913f-47cd-a3a8-9f6ebb2dcc63 802-11-wireless 1347395074 Tue 11 Sep 2012 10:24:34 PM CEST yes no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/0 nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH eth0 802-3-ethernet disconnected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 wlan0 802-11-wireless connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE NET-ENABLED WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN running 0.9.6.0 connected enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1059065/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp