Re: How to make Debian/GNome manage network automatically

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Tixy <debianuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 2009-10-18 at 11:44 +0530, Foss User wrote:
I am using Squeeze. The network icon on my GNome desktop always shows
a red cross on it. If the network gets disconnected for some reason
and I reconnect it again, GNome does not connect to the network
automatically. I have to run /etc/init.d/networking restart to
reconnect to the network again. I remember that in the stable Lenny,
network is managed automatically by GNome or Debian. I would want the
same to happen in Squeeze. Please help me.

If you comment out the lines for your network interfaces (by putting a
'#' at the line start) in /etc/network/intefaces then Network Manager
will manage the connections. E.g. from my 'interfaces' file,

#allow-hotplug eth0
#iface eth0 inet dhcp

Leave the lines for the loopback interface alone though.

These are the only lines I have in my /etc/network/interfaces

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

But, network manager is not managing the network connections.


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