[SOLVED] Network-Manager issues

[ozgta]

Hi,
Using LMDE.
I have been using Debian for a few years now and have noticed that Network-Manager is often unable to handle static IP addresses and so I have always switched to WICD.
In the past it was easy to remove NM which took only NM-gnome with it.
Now that gnome 3 is here if I try to remove NM it wants to also remove 'mint-meta-debian' also, no doubt this would be a disaster.

Is there a way is use terminal to safely remove only NM and NM-gnome?

[richyrich]

mint-meta-debian is only a small text file with a list of applications inside. It is safe to remove.

[altair4]

You know, Network-manager always perplexed me when it came to setting static ip addresses until I found this post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p= ... ostcount=3

10.04 usesNetwork manager by default.You may setup static IP in NM.Please try this

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gksudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

Edit the file so that it contains only these two lines

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auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


save the file and close

If your NM icon is not there on top right of the panel(two opposite arrows) Restart your PC
Now configure NM as follows

Right-click on the NM icon(two opposite arrows on top right) and then click on Edit Connections.
Select the tab, wired
select the ethernet connection you want and click edit(you can add the ethernet connection if not listed)
select ipv4
method-manual
click add
address 192.168.1.110
mask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
then hit enter
DNS 4.2.2.1
then click apply
note:The IP and DNS are examples Please substitute your values

It's the then hit enter part, there for seemingly no reason, that appears to be the "magic" that makes this work.

[Oscar799]

Moved here by moderator

[ozgta]

Many thanks altair4,
All is good now.