SUMMARY I have a Ethernet network connection with auto connect enabled and "Available to all users" checked, i.e., it's part of `/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections`, which means NetworkManager will automatically connect to the network before login from display manager (SDDM in my case). It works well, I can confirm my PC is online before login. However, right after login plasma-nm disconnects from it and reconnects right after that, I can even see the notification of connection status changed. This is obviously redundant and leads to bad UX, please fix it, thanks. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Create a network connection from plasma-nm GUI, check "Available to all users", and make sure NetworkManager.service is enabled. 2. Reboot 3. When reaching DM greeting, ping from another PC or router to make sure it's online. 4. Login as usual OBSERVED RESULT The connected network disconnects and reconnects, receiving notification from plasma-nm EXPECTED RESULT The previous connection keeps alive SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.63.0 Qt Version: 5.13.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I don't think this is a bug in plasma-nm, we don't automatically connect or disconnect, we are just a frontend basically. All this is happening in NetworkManager in the background. Report this issue please to NetworkManager instead: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/issues
Bulk transfer as requested in T17796