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

[NoOp]

On 11/24/2008 11:51 AM, Brian McKee wrote:
> 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
> 

Don't know about 3G, but vpn's should work:
http://wicd.net/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=111
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VPNClient
http://www.openvpn.net/

Note: haven't tried them yet. If I get a chance I'll fire up a VPN on my
 VPN router BEFVP41 and test.