No Network Manager available under Ubuntu8.10

[123marra]

I don't see "Network" under System-> Administration. . The only item available is 'Network tools,' which is something else.

I installed Ubuntu 8.10 from scratch (after deleting SUSE), so it was not an upgrade from an older Ubuntu version. Tried to set up a home network . No Network manager available. Checked some forums (please see:

http://ph.ubuntuforums.com/showthread.php?s=d936f607b99819cec689c2ca6c70af6f&t=962203 and

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=963335&page=3 )

So, I am not the only one... Tried to follow the instruction on forums (without really understanding what I was doing). The results are the same as other people report:

svetlana@babylaptop:~$ sudo update-rc.d NetworkManager defaults
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/NetworkManager missing LSB style header
 System startup links for /etc/init.d/NetworkManager already exist.
svetlana@babylaptop:~$
svetlana@babylaptop:~$ sudo update-rc.d -f NetworkManager remove
[sudo] password for svetlana:
 Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/NetworkManager ...
   /etc/rc2.d/S28NetworkManager
   /etc/rc3.d/S28NetworkManager
   /etc/rc4.d/S28NetworkManager
   /etc/rc5.d/S28NetworkManager
svetlana@babylaptop:~$
svetlana@babylaptop:~$ sudo update-rc.d NetworkManager defaults
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/NetworkManager missing LSB style header
 Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/NetworkManager ...
   /etc/rc0.d/K20NetworkManager -> ../init.d/NetworkManager
   /etc/rc1.d/K20NetworkManager -> ../init.d/NetworkManager
   /etc/rc6.d/K20NetworkManager -> ../init.d/NetworkManager
   /etc/rc2.d/S20NetworkManager -> ../init.d/NetworkManager
   /etc/rc3.d/S20NetworkManager -> ../init.d/NetworkManager
   /etc/rc4.d/S20NetworkManager -> ../init.d/NetworkManager
   /etc/rc5.d/S20NetworkManager -> ../init.d/NetworkManager
svetlana@babylaptop:~$ sudo /usr/bin/nm-applet

** (nm-applet:7779): WARNING **: <WARN> applet_dbus_manager_start_service(): Could not acquire the NetworkManagerUserSettings service as it is already taken. Return: 3

(nm-applet:7779): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
svetlana@babylaptop:~$

Any idea how to fix it???

Thanks in advance.
123marra

[Stu Zhao (sao3)]

There is a "Network Configuration" under "System -> Preference", and you can use it for now.
But there is still a bug with 'nm-applet' which affect many people as in bug 289466