[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#505156: network-manager auto keyword in interfaces file fails

[network-manager.to.peejay at spamgourmet.com]

On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:10:03 +0100 Michael Biebl wrote:

> > Well, do you actually have any problems, i.e. does NM tear down any
> > existing connection on wlan0?

I doubt it, but it is untested. (The wlan card isn't connecting properly
(driver issue, bug #504386)).

> It seems as if NM is ignoring wlan0 and does not start scanning for
> wireless networks  and try to establish a connection over wlan0.
> 
> So the only issue seems to be, that wlan0 is in some way "initialized"
> by NM.

Yes. It should not be managed according to my interpretation of
/usr/share/doc/network-manager/README.Debian example 3. This is
unexpected and confusing behaviour. Either the documentation or
the behaviour or my interpretation needs fixing.

PJ