Linux Mint Forums

Posted: **Thu Nov 29, 2012 4:08 am**

Hi,

yesterday evening I installed Linux Mint 13 Mate in a dual-boot option with Windows XP. Everything was fine (after I convinced the boot-manager to also recognize linux....). Then I installed all recommended updates and switched from DHCP to a static IP address (Menu -> Control Center -> Network).

Then I switched to PC off and today I switched in on again and during the boot of Linux the following messages appeared:
"configuring networking" and
"60 seconds more to configure networking"

After that linux started without any network connection. I typed

Code: Select all

sudo service NetworkManager start

which gave me the error message the NetworkManager is an unrecognized service.

Then I did this

Code: Select all

sudo dpkg-reconfigure network-manager

trying to reset any configuration. No success.

Then I reinstalled the network-manager by typing

Code: Select all

sudo apt-get --reinstall install network-manager

After rebooting, the system tray icon has vanished, and I have no connection at all.

This is the output of the command

Code: Select all

sudo inxi -SNx

Code: Select all

System:    Host: ipfpc105 Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.6.3) Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 13 Maya
Network:   Card: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e ver: 1.5.1-k port: f060 bus-ID: 00:19.0

and of the command

Code: Select all

sudo nm-tool

Code: Select all

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type:              Wired
  Driver:            e1000e
  State:             unmanaged
  Default:           no
  HW Address:        2C:41:38:9F:AA:2C

  Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect:  yes

  Wired Properties
    Carrier:         off

Any ideas?

Posted: **Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:25 am**

OK, my internet is working again, what I did is

/etc/init.d/networking restart

But I still have the problem that the system tray icon disappeared.
And I don't know what caused my problems, but I'd like to know.

Any ideas?

Posted: **Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:11 pm**

aalemann wrote:I still have the problem that the system tray icon disappeared.

I just switched my Mint 14 MATE machine to a static IP and my tray icon went away, too. I think it just might be the way MATE works: there are no network connections to manage (nm-tool says "unmanaged") so the tray icon isn't there.

There was another wrinkle, too. After I restarted my machine I had a static IP and could ping a numeric IP address, but I had no DNS even though I had entered my router's IP address as the DNS server in Control Center > Network. I had to do

Code: Select all

sudo nano -w /etc/network/interfaces

and add the line

Code: Select all

dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1

for DNS to work again.

If MATE is a bit shaky with static IP addresses then it might be easier to set up a DHCP Reservation for that machine so it can use DHCP (and continue to be "managed") and still get the same IP address every time.

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2012 4:05 am**

Thanks for your answer.

I think it just might be the way MATE works: there are no network connections to manage (nm-tool says "unmanaged") so the tray icon isn't there.

OK, to me that sound reasonable.

The other problem you mentioned (the DNS server) did not appeared for me.

Linux Mint Forums

[SOLVED] No Network connection at all after update & reboot

[SOLVED] No Network connection at all after update & reboot

Re: No Network connection at all after update & reboot

Re: static IP under MATE

Re: No Network connection at all after update & reboot