I found a workaround... just created a new connection with my static IP. It
takes it about 30 seconds to figure out which connection to use, but then it
connects, and works fine thereafter. Its a minor annoyance to me, but to an
inexperienced user, it would be a severe headache.
- E
On Thu, Nov
a static IP address for my PC but the Network
Settings don't 'stick' as the guy above 'photonymous' says, and when i
reboot the 'Auto eth0' connection resurfaces.
Further confusingly the Network Control Panel in Ubuntu claims that the
'Auto-eth0' connection is 'never' whereas my newly created 'My
Yup, i was able to do this, but it is very flaky. On bootup, it takes it a
while to figure out to use the manually configured one, but eventually uses
it.
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:23 AM, David Perfors [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Auto eth0 is not changeable for me either, but adding a new one is
I'm experiencing this same (or very closely related) bug. I use static
IPs on my home network. When I right click on the network icon, add my
IP, gateway, etc values (as I did with 8.04) the settings don't
stick. I have the latest 8.10 updates as of Oct 25 2008; I'm running the
32-bit version.
Public bug reported:
After fresh 32-bit Intrepid RC install (and after installing all of the
auto-updates), the system will (seemingly at random) go to a black
screen. I can not recover from this. The graphics card (nVidia 9800 GTX)
fan promptly spins up to full speed.
I have not been able to
Public bug reported:
After fresh 8.10 RC install, I go into System...Admin...Drivers, and try
to tell it to use either nVidia driver (I tried both drivers). It tries,
but then pops up a dialog with no text! It doesn't explain what went
wrong, but clearly the driver was not enabled.
I have an
This is very strange. I rebooted, and tried again. This time, it seemed to
download ok, but didn't enable, and didn't give the same (blank) dialog
box. So I did what any insane person would do: I tried a 3rd time, expecting
different results. This time, it downloaded fine, and enabled
