I set up Ubuntu desktop machines for nonLinux personnel and I do not have these issues. I do not recommend Ubuntu for a lot of server applications, at least not yet. Forgive me if I am wrong but it sounds like Jeff is setting up a desktop system on a tower with a hard wire connection.
There is usually more involved with wireless and/or laptops then there is with hard wire and/or desktops. In most cases, due to the variety of compatibility issues that arise in laptop technology, laptops tend to be the most work. Assuming that you have compatibility worked out, NetworkManager usually works fine for most cards. The issue I tend to run into is with wpa2 enterprise auth servers. I have not had the issue with static IPs like David, however, I usually don't use Network Manager on my own machines, I tend to set things up manually at home and turn off or uninstall Network Manager. The exception is with Laptops that go to and from campus. With all of these issues at once, I wonder if the problem is with compatibility and if you are missing drivers. CTRL+ATL+BACKSPACE and CTRL+ATL+F1 has always work for me unless the keyboard is setup incorrectly in X. For workstations, I like to install the server edition and install the X, applications, kernel modules and drivers as I need them. The network not managed usually means you have set things up manually. What kind of Video card are you using...make, model? Chris... On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 6:24 PM, David Kaiser <dkai...@cdk.com> wrote: > Note that Ubuntu 8.10 does have a bug or two with the 'NetworkManager' > stuff. > > On my desktop, I used NetworkManager to forcibly config my eth0 > interface as a static IP, and plugged in the desired static address. > Logged out and back-in, and it reverted to DHCP. > > Nothing I could do to Network Manager would make it use static, and this > was a desktop machine on a wired ethernet cable in a private network - > static should be working without any issues. > > So I uninstalled Network Manager. google for "apt-get remove > NetworkManager" and there are plenty of blog posts about it. Unless > this is a machine that needs to bounce back and forth between wi-fi, > cell-phone modems (usb/serial) and ethernet, you don't need Network > Manager. > > > Why can't you manage it? Don't know where to edit the info or do you > > receive an error when you attempt to do so? Rather then rely on some > > icon how about opening System/Preference/Network config and checking > > things out directly. > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose
