[hardy] Manually Configuring Network Causes Massive, Unreversable, Failure
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu |
Confirmed
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: network-manager
After installing a fresh Kubuntu Hardy Alpha 3 on a second hard drive, I changed my network configuration to a manually configured IP address. Soon after, applications refused to run, networking stopped working altogether, and when I went to restart networking from Konsole using "sudo /etc/init.
I cannot do any updates because Adept refuses to run and I obviously can't run "apt-get install update" without sudo, so right now I have a brand new HOSED system. The only choice I have right now is to wipe it and reinstall, and just let it sit in DHCP until I run all the updates. After that, I'll try the switch to manual configuration again, and if it hoses my system again, I will be furious.
P.S: All I wanted to do was try out KDE4 and the new 2.6.24 kernel...is that so much to ask?
Changed in network-manager: | |
assignee: | gandalf-die-laterne → asac |
Changed in network-manager: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
this bug is real, I ran into it many times now.
Btw, can someone tell me if it is necessary for the hosts file to have the rule
127.0.0.1 localhost <hostname-name>
with the emphasis on the name between '<>'
btw Mr Peoples you can still use 'su' -command, you don't have to do a recovery mode