** Summary changed: - bad default setting + Disable MAC address randomization on Live system
-- 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/1711851 Title: Disable MAC address randomization on Live system Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I'm using the pre-release version of artful 17.10 and network manager 1.8.2-1ubuntu2 Much like in Debian Stretch, network-manager is set to use the random mac address feature of network manager, which doesn't allow certain wifi cards/ routers to work together. See Debian bug 836351. I think this feature should be disabled on a live cd, because it isn't fixable during an install and it might cause a user just to give up and not install Ubuntu. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: network-manager 1.8.2-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-11.12-generic 4.12.5 Uname: Linux 4.12.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Sat Aug 19 14:00:17 2017 IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-19 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170818) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlxec086b17f6d1 proto static metric 600 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlxec086b17f6d1 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlxec086b17f6d1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.4 metric 600 NetworkManager.state: [main] NetworkingEnabled=true WirelessEnabled=true WWANEnabled=true RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: network-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.NetworkManager.NetworkManager.conf: 2017-08-19T13:51:03.103665 nmcli-con: NAME UUID TYPE TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP-REAL AUTOCONNECT AUTOCONNECT-PRIORITY READONLY DBUS-PATH ACTIVE DEVICE STATE ACTIVE-PATH SLAVE 556F02 72b161b9-3dad-4583-ae59-1d3e0402b37e 802-11-wireless 1503165502 Sat 19 Aug 2017 01:58:22 PM EDT yes 0 no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/1 yes wlxec086b17f6d1 activated /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/1 -- Wired connection 1 1d860881-8bc6-3d0d-8455-2b15a87f1307 802-3-ethernet 1503165498 Sat 19 Aug 2017 01:58:18 PM EDT yes 4294966297 no /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Settings/2 no -- -- -- -- nmcli-dev: DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH CONNECTION CON-UUID CON-PATH wlxec086b17f6d1 wifi connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3 556F02 72b161b9-3dad-4583-ae59-1d3e0402b37e /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/1 eno1 ethernet unavailable /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2 -- -- -- lo loopback unmanaged /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 -- -- -- nmcli-nm: RUNNING VERSION STATE STARTUP CONNECTIVITY NETWORKING WIFI-HW WIFI WWAN-HW WWAN running 1.8.2 connected started full enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1711851/+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
