Okay, I might give that a try! I'll wait for a wee while to see if anyone else knows the solution, as it's not too much bother (connection is still pretty fast), just very strange that it's defaulted to wlan0.
By the way, should I submit a bug-report for this? Thanks for your help. H 2010/1/14 Aioanei Rares <debian.dev.l...@gmail.com>: > On 01/14/2010 07:40 PM, Harvey Kelly wrote: >> >> I tried that: >> >> Went to 'Wired' -> Add 'Wired Connection', ticked both 'Connect >> automatically' and 'Available to all users', asked me for my root >> password, clicked 'Apply'. But nothing, even my new entry has >> disappeared when I open it up again. >> >> 2010/1/14 Aioanei Rares<debian.dev.l...@gmail.com>: >> >>> >>> On 01/14/2010 07:31 PM, Harvey Kelly wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Yes, sorry should've said that. Network-Manager is 0.7.2-2 >>>> >>>> H >>>> >>>> 2010/1/14 Aioanei Rares<debian.dev.l...@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 01/14/2010 07:25 PM, Harvey Kelly wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I've returned to the fold from Ubuntu, and installed Lenny yesterday, >>>>>> followed by an immediate upgrade to Squeeze. >>>>>> >>>>>> Everything works great, except I'm connected via wireless, not the >>>>>> ethernet. I've only just noticed this(!) when I accidentally clicked >>>>>> on the icon in the system tray (I'm using Gnome), where I was informed >>>>>> that 'Wired Network' is 'device not managed'. >>>>>> >>>>>> Unplugged my ethernet cable, and yup, sure enough, I'm still connected >>>>>> to the net. What puzzles me is that at no time was I quizzed for the >>>>>> modem's password... >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyway, this is the first laptop I've ever owned (Compaq Presario >>>>>> CQ70), so have no idea how to get it stop connecting via wireless and >>>>>> to eth0 - I've had a quick dig around to see if I could see anything, >>>>>> but to no avail. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> Harvey >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> You're using Gnome with Network-Manager, right? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> If you right-click on NM's icon, you will see the option 'Edit >>> Connections'. >>> Use it to tell NM to manage your Ethernet as well. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > My personal taste-driven oppinion : get rid of NM, connect to Ethernet the > old-fashioned way and use wicd for WLAN. :) > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
