Description of problem: USB ethernet adapater activation fails. lsusb: Bus 002 Device 031: ID 0b95:1780 ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88178 this is a Level One USB gigabit ethernet adapter It worked well under F19, so this is a regression. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NetworkManager-0.9.9.0-22.git20131003.fc20.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. plugin in specified USB ethernet adapter (connected to a network) into an USB port 2. 3. Actual results: Jan 7 09:01:51 stinkpad NetworkManager[995]: <error> [1389081711.51101] [platform/nm-linux-platform.c:1127] add_object(): Netlink error: Unspecific failure Jan 7 09:01:51 stinkpad NetworkManager[995]: <info> Activation (enp0s20u3u4u1) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) failed Jan 7 09:01:51 stinkpad NetworkManager[995]: <info> (enp0s20u3u4u1): device state change: ip-config -> failed (reason 'config-failed') [70 120 4] Jan 7 09:01:51 stinkpad NetworkManager[995]: <warn> Activation (enp0s20u3u4u1) failed for connection 'Wired connection 1' Jan 7 09:01:51 stinkpad NetworkManager[995]: <info> Activation (enp0s20u3u4u1) Stage 5 of 5 (IPv4 Commit) complete. Expected results: Normal activation lsusb -v Bus 002 Device 031: ID 0b95:1780 ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88178 Couldn't open device, some information will be missing Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bDeviceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x0b95 ASIX Electronics Corp. idProduct 0x1780 AX88178 bcdDevice 0.01 iManufacturer 1 iProduct 2 iSerial 3 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 39 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 4 bmAttributes 0xa0 (Bus Powered) Remote Wakeup MaxPower 450mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 3 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass bInterfaceProtocol 0 iInterface 7 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0008 1x 8 bytes bInterval 11 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x03 EP 3 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes bInterval 0
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1045749 ***