[ubuntu-uk] Network Manager

[gazz]

The network manager from 9.04 onwards drives me up the wall! I'm now
using Lucid and I needed to install a wireless access point, the network
manager wouldn't let me connect to its interface so I had to remove the
network manager and put wicd on instead. OK, now I could set up the
wireless access point, all well and good. 

It seems that the sync for Ubuntu One and Dropbox need the network
manager as both are acting crazy this morning. UbuntuOne can't connect
at all and Dropbox is partially syncing. Anyway wicd can't seem to
connect to the wifi at my workshop either. 

Tried to remove wicd - no luck with apt-get. Had to purge it and
reinstall network-manager with aptitude. Then the nm-applet indicator
was missing from the tray and no way to interact with the network
manager short of cli. Did killall nm-applet and then started it again -
now it's hanging complaining: 
    ** (nm-applet:1998: DEBUG: old state indicates that this was not a
disconnect 0

When I restart networking, it's using DHCP Client to reconnect. 

I can find other people with similar issue but no-one seems to know
what's going on. The only person who seems to have solved it reinstalled
10.04 from scratch! 

So whenever I want to configure a router, I'll have to reinstall
10.04???? There has to be an easier fix? I frequently need to install
routers . . . 

Paula

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