NetworkManager update deletes settings and changes to auto DHCP

[J. Alves]

I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 on a Dell Optiplex GX280.

I'm not completely sure that the network-manager-applet is to blame; it might be some other package it depends on. Maybe it's not even a bug, although this behavior seems like a bug to me.

Yesterday's update of network-manager-* to 0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1.8.10.1 changed from the manual settings (losing everything) to automatic DHCP (I'm assuming one of these packages did the change). This changed the IP address, which was not good -- as you know, some people (like me) need fixed IP, and it took me most of the day to notice why I could not scp to my machine or access it's webserver.

The updated manager should keep the old settings. If that's not possible, it should at least warn the user about it, and save (or at least display) the old settings so the user can change it later, if possible.

[Eddie Kovsky (edkovsky-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 103846, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.