[LinuxUsers] getting less happy w/ubuntu

[David Kaiser]

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.
>