on feisty just tried cd /etc/network/ sudo mv interfaces interfaces.hide gksu network-admin
and it works fine. if i make any changes and exit it creates a new interfaces file. though this lacked a 'lo' entry -- network-admin freezes when /etc/network/interfaces is missing https://launchpad.net/bugs/93034 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs