Herd5 on older hardware

[Gabriel Dragffy]

NoOp wrote:
> On 03/05/2007 07:35 PM, NoOp wrote:
> 
>> - Network said it wasn't available, so I just clicked the network icon
>> in the gnome panel & clicked wired network; as soon as I did it
>> recognized my nic and immediately informed me that I have software
>> updates available - 217 of the them! Haven't updated any of the 217 yet
>> because I want to explore a bit before I do.
> 
> Interesting add-on:
> 
> I typically configure this machine for a fixed IP. So, after doing the
> above I went to System|Administration|Networks and configured the wired
> interface for a fix IP:
> 
> IP: 192.168.4.101
> Netmask: 255.255.255.0 (the default)
> Gateway: 192.168.x.1 (my router)
> 
> As soon as I did this the network monitor in the gnome taskbar stated
> that I had no network connection. No proper ifconfig, no browser, no
> network. So I rebooted.
> 
> Again, no network connection _according to the network icon_ in the
> gnome taskbar, however I *do indeed* have a network connection; all is
> working including updates & browser. ifconfig shows the proper interface
> etc. So, I've no idea what the NetworkMager Applet is trying to do. I'll
> uninstall it after the 217 updates.
> 
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This is a very well known issue with network-manager. Currently it 
cannot see or even detect connections by statically configured 
interfaces, i.e. those in /etc/network/interfaces sit tight, there's 
enough people moaning that I think a solution will be along shortly.