Today's update

[R Kimber]

On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:23:31 +0000
Tom Bamford wrote:

> John Dangler wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com on behalf of Tom Bamford
> > Sent: Fri 12/7/2007 10:00 PM
> > To: Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions
> > Subject: Re: Today's update
> >
> > John Dangler wrote:
> >
> >         On blackberry since ubu box is hosed. After today's update 
> > network mqnager will not reboot. I have no networking. Any ideas on 
> > how to resolve would be most appreciated
> >        
> >         Jack
> >         Jack - BB
> >
> > Is your machine an ethernet or wireless client?
> > I have both, but am only using the wired.
> >
> 
> If it's only NetworkManager that's acting up, you should be able to 
> configure manually in /etc/network/interfaces and execute 'ifup ethX'
> to bring the interface up (where X is 0 upwards). NetworkManager
> should then ignore that interface and not meddle with its
> configuration. Something like this for dhcp:
> 
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> 
> or this for a static IP:
> 
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.0.2
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> gateway 192.168.0.1
> 
> 
> Hope this helps. Sorry if I'm preaching to the choir and you've
> already tried this.

I don't know of it's the same problem, but I had to re-configure my
firewall, maybe you need to do that.

- Richard.
-- 
Richard Kimber
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/