Comments on: Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid – Fix Static IP & Network Manager Problem

By: dean

dean — Thu, 13 May 2010 06:29:54 +0000

thanks

needed this urgently to get synergy+ working between 2 machines with only 1 keyboard & mouse. saved me loads of time

By: Zahra

Zahra — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:50:12 +0000

My machine has two NICs and the first NIC sets up to use dhcp I'd like to set up the second one to use static IP. Static IP will be used for set up a test LAN with 3 machine and I don't like to use any DNS-server for this LAN. Can any one help me?

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By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:38:52 +0000

I have been trying to set up static IPs in Ubuntu 8.10 64bit and Fedora -10 64Bit and I can get the IPs to remain for some time, but Ubuntu loses the netmask, and the DNS, as with Fedora-10. Then as unable to get to the Internet, can’t replace NM with anything else. So removed NM, didn’t work, reinstall no better. Can ping everything on network. But no internet. Very frustrating. I found earlier version a lot easier. I have edited the appropriate conf files to no avail.

By: Mr. Shiney

Mr. Shiney — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:22:23 +0000

Tom, THANK YOU. I followed your instructions and got my network working again. You rule.

By: Mr. Shiney

Mr. Shiney — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:59:21 +0000

I finally got around to upgrading from hardy to intrepid last night. And of course my network died as a result. Thanks for posting the fix, I’ll give it a try tonight.

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By: dirn

dirn — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:49:11 +0000

There’s also another workaround. Instead of chmod 444 /etc/resolv.conf, unchecked the network manager in Sessions.

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By: Deadpan110

Deadpan110 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:01:34 +0000

@Tom, yes I agree, there *should* be no reason to remove Network Manager and I have followed the above instructions to remove Network Manager only from rc.d and then did the chmod change to the resolve.conf and all works now (no deletion of nameserver entries).

@all, Im not entirely sure what Ubuntu are playing at with Intrepid, but I feel that it is no good… lots of silly mistakes with quite a lot of things that *Should Just Work!*.

Why they like to think a network should be started when you log in is beyond me… I use Ubuntu on our main computer for HDTV output with 5.1 sound along with mythTV… all very well and good… but they seem to be trying to separate the words ‘server’ and ‘desktop’!

On the same machine, we need a static IP to run dhcp3-server so that our ‘Linux Terminal Clients (LTSP)’ boot in other rooms of our house… so infact our main PC is a Desktop and a server… where are they going with this? ….’apt-get install BSOD’ next?

Anyways… rant and vent over… and for anyone still reading… follow the instructions above and add:
chmod 444 /etc/resolv.conf

This will still keep Network Manager on your system just in case they fix it… (if they don’t… then repeat the process after an update)

By: coCoKNIght

coCoKNIght — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:55:07 +0000

Thanks Tom, I think your chmod tip made it work for me in the end.
The method where you configure the networkmanager didn’t work for me at all.
And the method described above at the beginning either.
Here’s what worked for me:
1. edit /etc/network/interfaces (see post above)
2. edit /etc/resolv.conf (see post above)
3. sudo chmod 444 /etc/resolv.conf (see Toms comment above)
4. remove NetworkManager (see post above)
5. sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart (I’m not sure this is required)
6. reboot