Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools
After upgrading from Feisty to Gutsy my /etc/network/interfaces files
was corrupted. However I did not know that at the time and was just
puzzled as to why changing from one network profile to another in System
-> Administration -> Network had no effect whatsoever.
By no effect I mean that I did not get the window where network-admin
says it is changing the network configuration. I also checked with
iwconfig eth1 and the network card essid was unchanged, no matter which
profile I chose. Yet manually changing the configuration with iwconfig
worked.
It's only when I did an 'ifup eth1' manually that I got an error message
saying that /etc/network/interfaces was incorrect. The error was that
the lines for eth1 where in the wrong order. Specifically they where
like that:
#iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-key xxxxxxxxxxxxx
wireless-essid xxx
iface eth1 inet dhcp
Not sure what or why the first iface line got commented out. Restoring the
proper order made 'ifup eth1' and network-admin work.
But network-admin should have reported the error in
/etc/network/interfaces.
** Affects: gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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network-admin does not report errors in /etc/network/interfaces
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173876
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