I can confirm this bug on a fresh ubuntu 10.04.4 (lucid). All you have to do to reproduce is installing, open network manager, set static ip adress and you'll see that you are disconnected (and never connected back on the new static IP).
It means in clear, that if you need to change the ip adress remotely, you're busted. I followed instructions for debug ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingNetworkManager#Getting_NetworkManager_debug_logs ) I get the following error. $ sudo python debug-helper.py --nm debug [sudo] password for sound4: Setting NetworkManager log level to 'debug' Traceback (most recent call last): File "debug-helper.py", line 37, in <module> nm.SetLogging(args.do_set_nm_logging, ','.join(args.log_domains)) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 68, in __call__ return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in __call__ **keywords) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/connection.py", line 620, in call_blocking message, timeout) dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Method "SetLogging" with signature "ss" on interface "org.freedesktop.NetworkManager" doesn't exist PS: I am running the fresh install from virtualbox. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/297745 Title: Changing the IP address in NetworkManager should immediately change the IP on the interface Status in “network-manager” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Changing the IP address on a manually configured Ethernet interface and clicking OK does not result in the IP on the interface actually changing. You have to unplug the cable and plug it back in. When changing the IP address, NetworkManager should change the IP on the interface (running the down/up interface scripts as appropriate). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/297745/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
