Bug 435046 – gnome-extra/nm-applet-0.9.4.1: cannot rename wired connection

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO

[Description Amadeusz Żołnowski (RETIRED) 2012-09-14 17:45:45 UTC]

It is impossible to change connections names except of mobile broadband.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to "Edit Connections"
2. Select "Wired" tab
3. Select any item
4. Click "Edit..."
5. Change "Connection name"
6. Click "Save..."
Actual Results:  
The name of the selected connection is unchanged.

Expected Results:  
The name of the selected connection should change.

If new connection is created, it is automatically named to "eth[0-9]+" regardless of given value of "Connection name".

Changing other options of wired connections works.  Renaming wireless connection doesn't work, but initial value is accepted when new wireless connection is created. Changing mobile broadband connections names works.

[Comment 1 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) 2012-09-14 18:28:42 UTC]

The "connection name" field is purely an internal networkmanager name, and exists for cosmetic and UI reasons. You could set it to any descriptive string, e.g. "My office connection". As far as I know, it's not intended to affect the kernel's network interface name.

If you want to be able to change the kernel's interface name from nm-applet, you should request that feature from networkmanager upstream developers:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=NetworkManager

[Comment 2 Amadeusz Żołnowski (RETIRED) 2012-09-15 11:17:24 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> The "connection name" field is purely an internal networkmanager name, and
> exists for cosmetic and UI reasons. You could set it to any descriptive
> string, e.g. "My office connection".

Which doesn't work as I have reported.


> As far as I know, it's not intended to affect the kernel's network interface
> name.

No, I don't want to change interface name.  I want to only change the description in networkmanager.  And this doesn't work, at least for me.

[Comment 3 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) 2012-09-15 11:44:11 UTC]

What kind of a connection are you renaming? User-specific or systemwide ("available to all users")? If it's systemwide, do you have it saved in keyfile format (a file in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/), or ifnet format (an entry in /etc/conf.d/net)?

[Comment 4 Amadeusz Żołnowski (RETIRED) 2012-09-15 13:46:27 UTC]

(In reply to comment #3)
> What kind of a connection are you renaming? User-specific or systemwide
> ("available to all users")? If it's systemwide, do you have it saved in
> keyfile format (a file in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/), or ifnet
> format (an entry in /etc/conf.d/net)?

Systemwide, ifnet - all wired and wireless and keyfile - mobile broadband.

[Comment 5 Pacho Ramos 2013-12-24 13:19:00 UTC]

(In reply to Amadeusz Żołnowski from comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > What kind of a connection are you renaming? User-specific or systemwide
> > ("available to all users")? If it's systemwide, do you have it saved in
> > keyfile format (a file in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/), or ifnet
> > format (an entry in /etc/conf.d/net)?
> 
> Systemwide, ifnet - all wired and wireless and keyfile - mobile broadband.

But, does it also fail when using "keyfile" plugin only? (when you have both, you are using ifnet really)

[Comment 6 Pacho Ramos 2014-09-23 11:56:02 UTC]

(In reply to Pacho Ramos from comment #5)
> (In reply to Amadeusz Żołnowski from comment #4)
> > (In reply to comment #3)
> > > What kind of a connection are you renaming? User-specific or systemwide
> > > ("available to all users")? If it's systemwide, do you have it saved in
> > > keyfile format (a file in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/), or ifnet
> > > format (an entry in /etc/conf.d/net)?
> > 
> > Systemwide, ifnet - all wired and wireless and keyfile - mobile broadband.
> 
> But, does it also fail when using "keyfile" plugin only? (when you have
> both, you are using ifnet really)