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[Tom H]

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 8:59 AM, R Kimber <richardkimber at btinternet.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:10:29 +0100
> R Kimber wrote:
>>>
>>> If I were you, I'd comment out all the eth0-related lines in
>>> "/etc/network/interfaces" and set up NM via its GUI.
>>
>> OK thanks.  I'll try that. first.
>
> That has worked - except that I'm getting a message on the desktop saying
>
> Wired network
> Disconnected - you are now offline
>
> This message appears for about 10 seconds and then disappears, only to
> reappear 10 seconds later.  How can I get rid of this?
>
> I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 with Mate.

I don't have that but I using neither 12.04 (but I don't remember it
happening when I did use it) or Mate...