Re: How to make Debian/GNome manage network automatically

2009-10-19 Thread Foss User
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Tixy debianu...@tixy.myzen.co.uk wrote: On Sun, 2009-10-18 at 11:44 +0530, Foss User wrote: I am using Squeeze. The network icon on my GNome desktop always shows a red cross on it. If the network gets disconnected for some reason and I reconnect it again, GNome

Re: How to make Debian/GNome manage network automatically

2009-10-19 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,19.Oct.09, 12:21:01, Foss User wrote: If you comment out the lines for your network interfaces (by putting a '#' at the line start) in /etc/network/intefaces then Network Manager will manage the connections. E.g. from my 'interfaces' file, #allow-hotplug eth0 #iface eth0 inet

Re: How to make Debian/GNome manage network automatically

2009-10-19 Thread Jean-François Pirlet
Comment out the auto eth1 and iface eth1 inet dhcp lines. Edit your /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf to managed=true. E.g. from : [main] plugins=ifupdown,keyfile [ifupdown] managed=false to: [main] plugins=ifupdown,keyfile [ifupdown] managed=true Reboot (or restart NM), and it

Re: How to make Debian/GNome manage network automatically

2009-10-19 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Jean-François Pirlet jf.deb...@gmail.com wrote: These are the only lines I have in my /etc/network/interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The

How to make Debian/GNome manage network automatically

2009-10-18 Thread Foss User
I am using Squeeze. The network icon on my GNome desktop always shows a red cross on it. If the network gets disconnected for some reason and I reconnect it again, GNome does not connect to the network automatically. I have to run /etc/init.d/networking restart to reconnect to the network again. I

Re: How to make Debian/GNome manage network automatically

2009-10-18 Thread Tixy
On Sun, 2009-10-18 at 11:44 +0530, Foss User wrote: I am using Squeeze. The network icon on my GNome desktop always shows a red cross on it. If the network gets disconnected for some reason and I reconnect it again, GNome does not connect to the network automatically. I have to run