After an evaluation, GNOME has moved from Bugzilla to GitLab. Learn more about GitLab.
No new issues can be reported in GNOME Bugzilla anymore.
To report an issue in a GNOME project, go to GNOME GitLab.
Do not go to GNOME Gitlab for: Bluefish, Doxygen, GnuCash, GStreamer, java-gnome, LDTP, NetworkManager, Tomboy.
Bug 587844 - (from ubuntu) "Auto eth0" confusing for most people
(from ubuntu) "Auto eth0" confusing for most people
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: NetworkManager
Classification: Platform
Component: nm-applet
git master
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
: ---
Assigned To: Dan Williams
Dan Williams
: 607580 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-07-06 00:02 UTC by Alexander Sack
Modified: 2011-04-26 18:49 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Alexander Sack 2009-07-06 00:02:07 UTC 
Forwarded from: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/386900

This bug was selected by the hundred paper cuts effort in ubuntu karmic, see: https://edge.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts

===

When I first starting using Ubuntu (a couple of years ago) I really had to look up what "eth0" was. And I still think this is really confusing and potentially scaring for non-tech people.

"Connected to Auto eth0" or "Could not connect to Auto eth0" doesn't really sounds that good?

Maybe changing Auto to Standard or Default? Maybe "Connected to wired network (eth0)"?

===

Current suggestion is to name those connections "Wired network [X]" .. where X is a number when you have multiple wired NICs
Comment 1 Dan Williams 2010-01-21 22:00:30 UTC 
*** Bug 607580 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Vish 2010-07-06 17:43:38 UTC 
There is a patch for this in lp: 
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39148340/fix-notifications.patch

Can we get this fixed?
Comment 3 Martin Pitt 2010-11-26 14:52:33 UTC 
Please don't drop the id from the notifications, as it's not uncommon to have more than one ethernet device. I think something like

  "wired network connection (eth0)"

(or without the parentheses) should be a good compromise?
Comment 4 Dan Williams 2011-04-26 18:49:32 UTC 
0.9 changes the names to "Wired connection 1" etc; and MAC-locks by default.