After upgrading from gutsy to hardy, all controls in "Network Settings" window are greyed out, making it impossible to configure networking.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-system-tools (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-system-tools
After upgrading from gutsy to hardy, (nearly) all controls in the "Network Settings" window are greyed out, making it impossible to make changes to the current network settings (including the active interfaces) or select a different network location. Only the "Help" and "Close" buttons work. This happens consistently every time.
This is true when running as user (and prompted to enter a password) and when running as root.
This is true even when deleting /root/.
Attached is the gzipped output from strace while running /usr/bin/
Output from ifconfig -a:
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ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:7d:3d:11:f4
inet6 addr: fe80::219:
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
ath0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:7d:3d:11:f4
inet addr:169.254.6.211 Bcast:169.
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:d3:4f:bd:9b
inet addr:160.36.47.169 Bcast:160.36.47.255 Mask:255.255.254.0
inet6 addr: fe80::216:
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2611 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:339 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
RX bytes:711885 (695.2 KB) TX bytes:42868 (41.8 KB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:4642 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4642 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
RX bytes:232100 (226.6 KB) TX bytes:232100 (226.6 KB)
wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-19-7D-
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:46373
TX packets:143 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
RX bytes:3733 (3.6 KB) TX bytes:6862 (6.7 KB)
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Output from netstat -nr:
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Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
160.36.46.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.254.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 ath0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 160.36.46.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 ath0
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Contents of /etc/resolv.conf:
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search knology.net
nameserver 160.36.128.69
nameserver 160.36.0.66
nameserver 160.36.128.66
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Contents of /root/.
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[general]
hostname=glitch
domainname=
dns-servers=
search-
static-
[eth0]
auto=true
active=false
configured=true
config-method=dhcp
ip-address=
ip-mask=
gateway-address=
network-address=
broadcast-address=
[ath0]
auto=true
active=true
configured=true
essid=cline
key=**********
key-type=wep-hex
config-method=dhcp
ip_address=
ip_mask=
gateway-address=
network-address=
broadcast-address=
[ppp0]
auto=false
active=false
configured=false
login=
password=
phone-number=
phone-prefix=
default-gw=false
peer-dns=false
persistent=false
peer-noauth=false
serial-port=
volume=3
dial-type=1
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Contents of /root/.
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[general]
hostname=glitch
domainname=
dns-servers=
search-
static-
[eth0]
auto=true
active=true
configured=true
config-method=dhcp
ip-address=
ip-mask=
gateway-address=
network-address=
broadcast-address=
[ath0]
auto=true
active=true
configured=false
essid=peek
key=**********
key-type=wep-hex
config-method=
ip_address=
ip_mask=
gateway-address=
network-address=
broadcast-address=
[ppp0]
auto=false
active=false
configured=false
login=
password=
phone-number=
phone-prefix=
default-gw=false
peer-dns=false
persistent=false
peer-noauth=false
serial-port=
volume=3
dial-type=1
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Contents of /root/.
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[general]
hostname=glitch
domainname=
dns-servers=
search-
static-
[eth0]
auto=false
active=false
configured=true
config-method=dhcp
ip-address=
ip-mask=
gateway-address=
network-address=
broadcast-address=
[ath0]
auto=true
active=true
configured=true
essid=peek
key=**********
key-type=wep-hex
config-method=dhcp
ip_address=
ip_mask=
gateway-address=
network-address=
broadcast-address=
[ppp0]
auto=false
active=false
configured=false
login=
password=
phone-number=
phone-prefix=
default-gw=false
peer-dns=false
persistent=false
peer-noauth=false
serial-port=
volume=3
dial-type=1
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Contents of /root/.
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[general]
hostname=glitch
domainname=
dns-servers=
search-
static-
[eth0]
auto=false
active=false
configured=true
config-method=dhcp
ip-address=
ip-mask=
gateway-address=
network-address=
broadcast-address=
[ath0]
auto=true
active=true
configured=true
essid=bruce
key=**********
key-type=wep-hex
config-method=dhcp
ip_address=
ip_mask=
gateway-address=
network-address=
broadcast-address=
[ppp0]
auto=false
active=false
configured=false
login=
password=
phone-number=
phone-prefix=
default-gw=false
peer-dns=false
persistent=false
peer-noauth=false
serial-port=
volume=0
dial-type=0
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Contents of /root/.
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[general]
hostname=glitch
domainname=
dns-servers=
search-domains=
static-
[eth0]
auto=false
active=false
configured=true
config-method=dhcp
ip-address=
ip-mask=
gateway-address=
network-address=
broadcast-address=
[ath0]
auto=true
active=true
configured=true
essid=nomad
key=
key-type=wep-hex
config-method=dhcp
ip_address=
ip_mask=
gateway-address=
network-address=
broadcast-address=
[ppp0]
auto=false
active=false
configured=false
login=
password=
phone-number=
phone-prefix=
default-gw=false
peer-dns=false
persistent=false
peer-noauth=false
serial-port=
volume=3
dial-type=1
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Contents of /root/.
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[general]
hostname=glitch
domainname=
dns-servers=
search-domains=
static-
[eth0]
auto=true
active=true
configured=true
config-method=dhcp
ip-address=
ip-mask=
gateway-address=
network-address=
broadcast-address=
[ath0]
auto=true
active=false
configured=true
essid=nomad
key=
key-type=wpa-psk
config-method=dhcp
ip_address=
ip_mask=
gateway-address=
network-address=
broadcast-address=
[ppp0]
auto=false
active=false
configured=false
login=
password=
phone-number=
phone-prefix=
default-gw=false
peer-dns=false
persistent=false
peer-noauth=false
serial-port=
volume=0
dial-type=0
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thanks for your report, can you take an screenshot of the dialog? Does the same happens with a new user created on your system? thanks.