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Re: [LUG] Ubuntu 8.10 if control

 

To free the ethernet ports from the clutches of the network manager, you can 
simply edit /etc/network/interfaces

Try something like:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

or whatever static configuration you might want.

ifup/down should now work. 

The big improvement with NM is that it now supports mobile broadband.

Dave Berkeley

On Wednesday 17 December 2008 09:42:54 Tom Potts wrote:
> I've got a slightly borked Kubuntu that I had upgraded from 8.04 with GDM
> also installed and it seemed to think it was Ubuntu after that but its sort
> of working and I've got ~5000 extra apps/libraries  loaded and I really
> don't want to spent 4 or 5 days on my 512k BB trying to reinstall
> everything.
>
> 1) Does anyone know of a sanity repair for K or Ubuntu.
> 2) How do I control my interfaces - I have an unused eth0 , a possibly
> dodgy ath wlan and a usb ath wlan. I cant seem to control any of them
> individually, one off all off.... ifup/down just says the interfaces dont
> exist )*&! I've tried re-installing network managers but we seemed to have
> moved in to the MS world of 'we know best just leave it to us - we'll screw
> it up for you'
>
> Tom te tom te tom


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