Public bug reported: I have been install Ubuntu 6.06 LTS from skretch. At work my ip address is 192.168.0.12 I have been use network-admin(Сетевые настройки) for configure it. Yes, default language is RUSSIAN, locate - UTF-8.
I selected network-admin form system menu. Than, in network-admin i select "Create Location" (Создать новое расположение"), enter name "xring" in ENGLISH. Than i click ETHERNET, PROPIERTIES, and enter ip, gataway, mask, than i enter DNS. OK. ALL work fine. IN file /etc/network/interfaces --******************************-- BEGIN auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.0.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.0.1 auto eth1 iface eth1 inet dhcp auto eth2 iface eth2 inet dhcp auto ath0 iface ath0 inet dhcp auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp -***********************-- END /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 192.168.0.1 ALL WORK FINE At home, my ip address is 10.33.24.58 I have been create new location, named "moscow_home", select "Ethernet connection", click Properties, fill all fields, enter DNS. click OK. in console, $>ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:00:9B:18:8C inet addr:10.33.24.58 Bcast:10.33.24.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:ff:fe9b:188c/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:3268171 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:23145 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:232698510 (221.9 MiB) TX bytes:2808445 (2.6 MiB) Interrupt:10 Base address:0x4000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:61 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:61 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:4272 (4.1 KiB) TX bytes:4272 (4.1 KiB) --ALL WORK FINE BUT in interfaces still 192.168.0.1 ?????? CLOSE NETWORKING. I GOTO TO MY WORK. booting, current ip adress 10.33.24.58, i launch SYSTEM->Networking, select "xring", current ip 192.168.0.1 ALL WORK FINE. BUT AT HOME when i select "moscow_home" current ip address still was 192.168.0.1, i lick OK, i lauched Networking again, location field was blank, i select "moscow_home", click PROPERTIES, and ip address was 192.168.0.1 and ather field the same with "xring" WHYYY??????? ifconfig shows wrong ip. I reenter all field in "moscow_home" click ok. ifconfig shows right ip. I restart System->Networking (network-admin). I see blank location (current location is blank), i select moscow-home, and get wrong ip. Again all setting getting from "xring". I remove "xring", reenter all "fields" in "moscow_home", click OK, ifconfig shows right ip. RELAUNCH network-admin, select "moscow_home" --- wrong setting, all settin from "xring", BUT it removed. I see at /etc/gnome-system-tools/network/profiles.xml <profiledb> <profile> <gateway>192.168.0.1</gateway> <gatewaydev>eth0</gatewaydev> <hostname>alexy-laptop</hostname> <name>moscow_home</name> <smbdesc>%h server (Samba, Ubuntu)</smbdesc> <smbuse>0</smbuse> <workgroup>MSHOME</workgroup> <nameserver>192.168.0.1</nameserver> <statichost> <ip>ff00::0</ip> <alias>ip6-mcastprefix</alias> </statichost> <statichost> <ip>127.0.0.1</ip> <alias>localhost</alias> <alias>alexy-laptop</alias> </statichost> <statichost> <ip>fe00::0</ip> <alias>ip6-localnet</alias> </statichost> <statichost> <ip>ff02::1</ip> <alias>ip6-allnodes</alias> </statichost> <statichost> <ip>ff02::2</ip> <alias>ip6-allrouters</alias> </statichost> <statichost> <ip>::1</ip> <alias>ip6-localhost</alias> <alias>ip6-loopback</alias> </statichost> <statichost> <ip>127.0.1.1</ip> <alias>alexy-laptop</alias> </statichost> <statichost> <ip>ff02::3</ip> <alias>ip6-allhosts</alias> </statichost> <interface type='modem'> <dev>ppp0</dev> <enabled>0</enabled> </interface> <interface type='loopback'> <configuration> <auto>1</auto> <bootproto>none</bootproto> <file>lo</file> </configuration> <dev>lo</dev> <enabled>1</enabled> </interface> <interface type='ethernet'> <configuration> <address>192.168.0.12</address> <auto>1</auto> <bootproto>none</bootproto> <file>eth0</file> <gateway>192.168.0.1</gateway> <netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask> </configuration> <dev>eth0</dev> <enabled>1</enabled> </interface> </profile> </profiledb> wrong ip was here. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- bug with several location in System->Networking (network-admin) https://launchpad.net/bugs/54478 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs