Hi there, > What are the contents of your /etc/network/interfaces file? If it has > any entries at all for eth0 then network-manager won't touch it. By > entries I mean "auto eth0", "allow-hotplug eth0", "iface eth0 ..." and > so forth. See /usr/share/doc/network-manager/README.Debian for more > details. If your eth0 isn't being managed by network-manager then I > presume that you have an entry for eth0 installed there.
# The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp > If you really didn't give it a passphrase for wifi encryption then you > must be connecting to an open access point. Hover over the nm-applet > icon and see what tool-tip is displayed. It will tell you what > network you are connected to and if wifi the signal strength. Left > click on the nm-applet icon and it will pop up a pull down menu of > known access points. The one you are connected to will be selected. > Between the name and the signal strength bar will be an icon if the > access point is secured with encryption. If it is open there won't be > an icon there. This is getting bizarre... yes there's a secured icon there. But it didn't ask me for a password - I checked with my girlfriend's laptop - and sure enough it asked for it. > By default network-manager will prefer a wired connection. If you > plug in a wire it will notice the link status change and automatically > drop the wifi connection and connect to the wired network. No, it's not! > testing you can right-click on the nm-applet and disable wireless > entirely. That will prevent it from connecting to wireless! Then you > can debug your wired connection issues in isolation. In the > right-click menu is an "Edit Wireless Networks". You can delete > unwanted wifi connections and other actions. I got zero internet if I disable wireless. > Disclaimer: I am not updated with the latest Squeeze. This certainly > applies to Lenny. I may have stale information concerning Squeeze and > Sid if something has changed there. This is all very weird eh? > Use of network-manager is a love-hate relationship with many of us. > Sometimes a lot more hate than love there. :-) I remember running etch and NM being a source of much frustration... H -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
