Ubuntu 9.04: overzealous DHCP client

[Maurizio Vitale]

>>>>> "Lucio" == Lucio M Nicolosi <lmnicolosi at gmail.com> writes:

    Lucio> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Steve Reilly <sfreilly at roadrunner.com> wrote:
    >> Maurizio Vitale wrote:
>> I switched to DHCP using the Network Manager in order to connect
    >>> directly to my ADSL modem and debug a few issues I had.
    >>> 
    >>> Upon switching back to static IP assignment (the switching
    >>> itself works) I find myself switched back after a few tens of
    >>> minutes (haven't figured out if it is on the hour, but I have
    >>> nothing in my cron.hourly).
    >>> 
    >>> Somebody knows who might be the culprit and point me in the
    >>> right direction?  Before touching the Network Manager for
    >>> setting DHCP I've been running with static assignment since
    >>> 8.10.
    >>> 
    >>> Thanks,
    >>> 
    >>>         Maurizio
    >> 
    >> 
    >> apt-get install wicd
    >> 
    >> network manager does not do static ips correctly
    >> 
    >> -- Steve Reilly
    >> 

    Lucio> I have Jaunty AMD64 set for Static IP for some time without worries,
    Lucio> even alternating between Static and DHCP.

    Lucio> A related bug on Karmic has just been corrected.

    Lucio> What releases are you both currently using?

9.04 on X86_64.