On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 10:22 -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 06:17:02PM +0100, Alexander Sack wrote: > > > > /etc/network/interfaces is ment to be legacy support (or convenience) > > on debian based system for those that like it. Its not yet feature > > complete. > > > > "Edit Connections ..." allows you to use the NetworkManager format for > > saving/reading system-wide connection information (aka keyfile), which > > obviosly is more feature complete in that it supports to read/save any > > network manager connection configuration. > > Hum, I set it up with "Edit Connections..." and I could log out and log > in as another user and still had the static IP. But after a reboot it > went back to using dhcp for eth0.
If this is the initial "Auto eth0" connection, that's actually read-only because it's a fake Ethernet connection to preserve the ability to just plug in a cable and get a DHCP connection when there isn't anything defined anywhere (like on a Live CD). It just happens that in the snapshot that Ubuntu 8.10 ships, it wasn't made read-only yet. The ideal case is that the distro ships with a system-settings plugin that can write connections back out, and when you modify that auto connection, it actually *does* get saved somewhere. But at the time of that snapshot I'm not sure the keyfile plugin was usable enough. > I'm leaving the Connect automatically and System setting checked and > selecting Manual from the IPv4 Settings tab and adding my address, > netmask, gateway and DNS. > > Is there something I'm failing to do to have it survive a reboot? Yes, make a new Ethernet connection, set it up, save it, and the "Auto" connection will go away, and the one you just made will be used instead. dan _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
