A request has been made to integrate this in Ubuntu here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/289548
Already NeoTool has been packaged for Ubuntu, perhaps that package or a new one could be used to autoconfigure and setup USB network with an OpenMoko device. kimaidou wrote: > Hi guys > > could you please add the procedure on the wiki so that every ubuntero > could easily plug/unplug his FR ? > thanks in advance > > 2008/11/25 Alexander Chemeris <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Cédric Berger > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 02:46, Joel Newkirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > >> Also be aware that the Network Manager in Ubuntu Intrepid is > currently > >> buggy. If you have it running, it is prone to do friendly things > like > >> automatically add the static IP and route for eth0 to usb0 when > it comes > >> up. Either it controls all interfaces, or it's not running, right > now it > >> refuses to leave any interface alone and hopelessly bungles anything > >> statically defined in /etc/network/interfaces, ignoring the 'ignore > >> interface' flag and claiming all interfaces. > >> > >> (yeah, same IP and route on two interfaces, and default tries to > go out the > >> wrong interface so the desktop is effectively off the network, and it > >> leaves behind an empty /etc/resolv.conf - sounds like a FreeRunner :) > >> > > > > Thanks, I did wonder what I did wrong on my computer to have default > > network route directed to freerunner as soon as I plugged it in ! (so > > no more internet access) > > I am not used to linux networking, so it took me a while to figure how > > to manually delete this rule... (and the network manager UI was not of > > a great help... not so user friendly !) > > Network manager also rewrites /etc/resolv.conf with empty line, > effectively > preventing DNS from working. So I just uninstaled it and now I feel > much safer. > It's not needed on a standalone computer anyway. > > > -- > Regards, > Alexander Chemeris. > > SIPez LLC. > SIP VoIP, IM and Presence Consulting > http://www.SIPez.com > tel: +1 (617) 273-4000 > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org <mailto:community@lists.openmoko.org> > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community