2008/5/5 Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com>:
On booting, nm is not bringing up my wired connection.  When I login,
nm-applet is not starting.  I have to start it manually, then it brings up
eth0.

nm-applet shows selection 'auto ethernet'.  Last time I manually
selected 'wired connection', but it set itself back to 'auto' (whatever
that means - automatically not work maybe?)

FWIW, I'm seeing exactly this as well. If I unplug the ethernet cable and re-plug it in, NM will activate it, otherwise, it ignores the ethernet and defaults to wireless.

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Regards,
Derek