[Intrepid] Network Manager - Set Static/Manual IP resolv.conf overwritten

[Brian McKee]

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 5:35 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 11/22/2008 08:35 PM, Erik Christiansen wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 04:38:08PM -0800, NoOp wrote:
>>> I'm at a bit of a loss with the "new/improved - who's mess is this
>>> anyway" network manager on Intrepid. I've an internal wired nic on an
>>> old A21M laptop that works just fine as long as I set it to DHCP.
>> ... [ bugs & problems snipped ]
>>> I've tried to be somewhat patient with the whole "NetworkManger" issues
>>> in the past, but I am seriously starting to wonder if this "application"
>>> should be placed in the "what was I thinking" category...
>>
>> A putative "helper" application is not allowed to interfere with manual
>> network settings made in the traditional config files. Period.
>>
>> When NetworkMunger brought chaos to my network, from the moment of
>> installation of 7.10, I applied this fix:
>>
>> $ sudo apt-get remove --purge network-manager

> Temporarily resolved: purged network-manager & installed wicd - both
> wireless & wired working properly now with _fixed_ IP's. I'll go back
> and revisit NM when I have a little more time & patience.

I was just about to mention wicd - I installed it on my new netbook a
couple of days ago (Hardy, not Intrepid) and am enjoying it...  so
here's a +1 for wicd.  The only drawback I've seen so far is no vpn
and no 3G connectivity, but I don't need 3G.

Brian