On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Bernard <bdebr...@teaser.fr> wrote: > Selim T. Erdogan wrote: >> Andrei POPESCU, 3.03.2012: >>> On Sb, 03 mar 12, 20:59:30, Bernard wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance for your help with the 'NetworkManager' or any >>>> other convenient tool that would operate on Squeeze so as to easily >>>> turn an Internet connexion ON and OFF >>> >>> Make sure you have NO definition for eth0 in /etc/network/interfaces and >>> that you have: >>> >>> [ifupdown] >>> managed=false >>> >>> in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf >>> >>> If it still doesn't work after a restart[1] please attach both files. >>> >>> [1] not sure why, but in some cases new configurations did not work >>> properly until a full restart >> >> Or you can keep /etc/network/interfaces as you have it now and edit >> /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf to have >> >> [main] >> plugins=ifupdown,keyfile >> >> [ifupdown] >> managed=true >> >> (And you have to restart Network Manager.) > > I just tested both ways, to no avail. > > At first, I must say that my system did not have any > > NetworkManager.conf file in /etc/NetworkManager/ > > The only NetworkManager.conf file that could be found on this system was in > > /etc/dbus-1/system.d/ > > I can see the same thing on this other machine still on Lenny, where I am > writing this from: no /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf file either. > > the man page for NetworkManager does not mention any such conf file. I did > not dare modifying /etc/dbus-1/system.d/NetworkManager.conf > > But I tested creating an /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf, with only > **************************** > > [main] > plugins=ifupdown,keyfile > > [ifupdown] > managed=false > ****************************** > > As a first trial, I had just written: > > *********************** > [ifupdown] > managed=false > ************************* > > in it. But maybe I should have modified permissions and owner ? Owner was > root and perms: -rw-r--r-- > > Besides, my /etc/network/interfaces file did not contain any definition for > eth0. Still, I tested removing any mention of eth0, to no avail. > > Below is my 'etc/network/interfaces' file : > > ************************************* > > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system > # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). > > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > # The primary network interface > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > > *********************************************
The file in "/etc/dbus-1/system.d/" is useful (to systems) if you have systemd installed. Do you have network access? With your current setup, "managed=false" and eth0 defined in "/etc/network/interfaces" you can control eth0 with ifup and if down. With "managed=true", you'd have to use NM to bring up or take down eth0. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sxg5pw_moy3c-kvjz6pzu0z+xug+8pnug6_fd+y4uy...@mail.gmail.com
