Ubuntu
network-manager package

  1. Bug #279262
  2. Comment #107

Comment 107 for bug 279262

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cwsupport (netsupport) wrote : Re: [regression] devices/interfaces not set to "auto" in /etc/network/interfaces get blacklisted in 0.7 (intrepid) but were managed in 0.6 (hardy and before)

Just a quick bit of info as I saw a similar problem...which may or may not have been related on 9.10.

The problem as I see it was caused by have a static ip setup on eth0 - but the network manager was 'swiping' the connection and attempting dhcp (which is not available on the particular network). I found that the following changes to my /etc/network/interfaces cured problems.

1. On lines following iface use a tab to indent not spaces.
2. Between keywords and data (i.e. netmask 255.255.0.0) use a single space not multiple spaces.

After a reboot this cured my problems.