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  1. Bug #249404
  2. Comment #35

Comment 35 for bug 249404

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 249404] Re: [[intrepid]] nm-applet can't start: permission issues

nick wrote:
> Progress is being made, with the latest build , the icon is now there,
> and you can start and stop the interface. The problem is now that you
> can't edit the settings , you get the following error message:
>
> Updating connection failed: nm-ifupdown-connection.c.82 - connection
> update not supported (read-only)..
>
> It doesn't matter if the adapter is connected or not.
>
> So I'm having to manually edit /etc/resolv.conf just to update the DNS
> server I want to talk to.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
 the applet bug should be fixed (as you noted). the ifupdown connections
_are_ read only. so thats a feature. Create a new connection or edit it
in /etc/network/interfaces directly (restart after that)