Well, since Network-Manager goofed up (in a different way) on Precise for me (bug filed separately), I deinstalled it again.
Can someone else please confirm if this is fixed in Precise and answer to Mathieu's comment #5? ** Changed in: network-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/577985 Title: NM falsely believes networking to be disabled when all interfaces are unmanaged by NM To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/577985/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs