turn off network manager in Ubuntu

[Tom Browder]

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>    I am confused why anyone would want to turn off Network-manager. It
> is a bit clutzy but it works fine for me. I tried the other out of
> curiosity and could not get IT to work, even though the group said it
> "Just works" :-)

Well, it didn't work for me, but wicd saved the day!  I need static IP
with my own DSN selections and the NetWork Manager wouldn't work.

-Tom