Don't totally remove them; NM won't see any interfaces to use. I'm using Ubuntu 6.06.1, my /etc/network/interfaces contains:
auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp auto eth1 iface eth1 inet dhcp (eth1 being my wireless card) and NM sees both and works fine. - tim On 10/5/06, Jeff Schallenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, I can edit the /etc/network/interfaces file. > > It now contains only the lines: > > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > But this results in wlan0 and eth0 not being configured in Network Settings. > So I can't connect to anything, either wired (eth0) or wireless (wlan0). > > And the NM icon still proclaims (rightly) "No Network Connection" and > displays the little red exclamation point. > > (If I enable the interfaces in Network Settings, that creates new entries in > the /etc/network/interfaces file for eth0 and wlan0). > > Please help me get Network Manager working with my D-Link DWL-650+ and > Ubuntu 6.06! > > - Jeff > > On 10/2/06, Dan Williams < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 23:06 -0400, Jeff Schallenberg wrote: > > > Network Manager doesn't recognize my wireless connections. > > > > > > I am using a D-Link DWL-650+ (Texas Instruments ACX-100). > > > > What version of this driver, where did you get it from, and does it > > actually work with Wireless Extensions? Is it the old acx driver or the > > new softmac acx driver? Is it from John Linville's wireless-2.6 git > > tree? > > > > Just to warn you that out-of-kernel drivers are usually dicey, and they > > don't usually support Linux Wireless Extensions correctly. But if the > > device & driver work with wpa_supplicant, they should work with > > NetworkManager. > > > > But first, lets see the answer to Darren's question. > > > > Dan > > > > > There is an icon, OK, but it thinks I have no connection (little red > > > exclamation point). Clicking on it does nothing. Double-clicking on it > > > does nothing. Right-clicking on it offers to disable networking or to > > > remove it from the panel. > > > > > > How do I get Network Manager to recognize my wireless connections? Is > > > there a config file to edit, or something? > > > > > > -- > > > - Jeff > > > _______________________________________________ > > > NetworkManager-list mailing list > > > NetworkManager-list@gnome.org > > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > > > > > > > -- > - Jeff > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > NetworkManager-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > > _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list