Re: NM and manual selection of a card without link

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

Paul,

This is a great idea.  We'll do this.

Dan

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Paul Ionescu wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am using NM-0.3.3.1 with FC3 with 2 wired nets.
> If I pull the cable from the main link, it automatically switches to the
> second one.
> But what is bad is that NMI does not prevent me from selecting to activate
> a card without link, which IMO is a bug.
> NM will activate this linkless card resulting in loss of network
> connectivity.
> When I click on NMI, I expect that there is no way I can
> select a non working interface, like one without link. It should be
> present in the list, but grayed out, with a nonlink indication and non
> selectable for activation. Same goes when on wireless and manually try to
> select a wired link without link. 
> If GUI feedback is not so easy to implement, at least we should test if
> link is present when we choose to activate a card.
> 
> Thanks,
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
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