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network-manager package

  1. Bug #279262
  2. Comment #101

Comment 101 for bug 279262

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 279262] Re: [regression] devices/interfaces not set to "auto" in /etc/network/interfaces get blacklisted in 0.7 (intrepid) but were managed in 0.6 (hardy and before)

On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 07:44:40PM -0000, Dave Jakeman wrote:
> Just back from wiping/installing 8.10 (full) and trying to set up my
> static wired connections.
>
> On the first attempt, I configured my connections and they were accepted
> without a "read-only" error. Couldn't get onto the internet though.
> Went back to check, and both connection definitions had vanished.
> Reconfigured them again and this time renamed them from "auto eth0" and
> "auto eth1" to "Wired Ethernet 1" and "Wired Ethernet 2". This time,
> they were stored and I could surf with Firefox. On reboot though, both
> the connections had disappeared again.
>

Auto connections are read-only. Its a bug that you dont get an
error. You need to create new connections if you want to do your own stuff.

 - Alexander