Bug 317477

Summary: When sharing a desktop the wrong network device is used by default
Product: [Applications] krfb Reporter: ismohaa <ismohaa>
Component: generalAssignee: George Goldberg <grundleborg>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: major CC: alexey.min
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
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Description ismohaa@gmail.com 2013-03-28 08:34:20 UTC 
When setting up a desktop sharing session krfb selects which network device to use automagically - and it selects the wrong one (in my case "vboxnet0" - the internal Virtualbox interface).

There is no way to configure krfb to force it to use the correct device. The only workaround is to take down the device(s) you don't want it to use, leaving only the correct one up. This is extremely cludgy.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set up your network so that you have at least 2 valid network devices with IP-addresses.
2. Start krfb.
3. Click the "New Personal Invitation" -button
Actual Results:  
krfb will set up the session on random(?) network device, without asking or giving any configuration options to the user.

Expected Results:  
Ability to choose the network device to be used.

Using version 4.8.5 with 64-bit Kubuntu.
Comment 1 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-10 03:15:17 UTC 
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 2 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-20 04:01:42 UTC 
Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? This bug will be moved back to REPORTED Status for manual review later, which may take a while. If you are able to, please lend us a hand.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 3 Alexey Min 2020-08-26 16:08:26 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 347455 ***