<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> I am curious to understand why Network Manager seems to cause so much trouble. It has always worked fine for me. So long as I remember to keep /etc/network/interfaces clear of everything except the lines dealing with "lo," NM has cooperated with my configurations that use full DHCP, IP-only DHCP, and static addresses. <div class="moz-signature">______________ Steve Riley <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:stvrly@gmail.com">stvrly@gmail.com</a> +1 (206) 412-1097 </div> On 2011-11-18 05:49, Jon Piper wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:4EC6626D.60900@cox.net" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> uteck and other enlightened unix nuts, I think you hit the nail on the head. I have had NO luck with network manager. Until I found wicd, I had no joy. I think the difference in hardware. On my AMD desktop network manager works; on our four Intel based laptop It will not work -- I don't know how many hours I have wasted trying to get network manager to be reliable on these laptops but "wicd" works. I have been using Kubuntu since version 6.?? but departed to Linux Mint when Kubuntu 11.10 had video problems -- unreliable mouse, etc.... If you look for adventure -- get a new version of Linux -- once you get it fixed you will have a friend until you look for more adventure. Windoze is too much adventure for me -- that has been true since Windows 3.00 and Windoze 7 isn't much better. </blockquote> </body> </html>