On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 07:44:40PM -0000, Dave Jakeman wrote: > Just back from wiping/installing 8.10 (full) and trying to set up my > static wired connections. > > On the first attempt, I configured my connections and they were accepted > without a "read-only" error. Couldn't get onto the internet though. > Went back to check, and both connection definitions had vanished. > Reconfigured them again and this time renamed them from "auto eth0" and > "auto eth1" to "Wired Ethernet 1" and "Wired Ethernet 2". This time, > they were stored and I could surf with Firefox. On reboot though, both > the connections had disappeared again. >
Auto connections are read-only. Its a bug that you dont get an error. You need to create new connections if you want to do your own stuff. - Alexander -- [regression] devices/interfaces not set to "auto" in /etc/network/interfaces get blacklisted in 0.7 (intrepid) but were managed in 0.6 (hardy and before) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/279262 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
