Anno domini 2020 Thu, 3 Sep 23:17:50 -0700 William Morder via trinity-users scripsit: > > On Thursday 03 September 2020 14:56:01 deloptes wrote: > > Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > Remove or comment out all lines except these 2, then reboot: > > > > > > auto lo > > > iface lo inet loopback > > > > good catch Dr. Klepp - I have completely forgotton that there are still > > people on desktops with entries in the file. > > When I read your question it lighted up again - to manage the networks by > > NetworkManager there should be no entries in there (except lo as pointed by > > you) > > > > > > > > Changed these lines now (contrary to all advice found by online "experts"!), > and I am now rebooting in order to do a test run. > > Science means that I ought to be able to reproduce your results, rather than > attributing my problems to the Men in Black. > > Bill > > > P.S. Regarding those lines in /etc/network/interfaces > Okay, so that did the trick, I believe, so far as getting my network to behave > normally again. I am puzzled about why it should begin to misbehave, when I > have been using those settings since long before TDE and Debian. I believe I > set those lines back when I started running Linux, sometime around Kubuntu > Hardy Heron 8.04, so about 2006 or 2007, back when I still had direct contact > with other human beings. > > Anyway, so the worst of the issue is solved. It seems that I can go > online/offline, back and forth, without my connection getting caught in some > limbo then needing to reboot. > > However, there is yet one glitch. When I tried to use tdenetworkmanager to > connect, I can look at all available networks, as usual, and everything > behaves as expected. I only needed to re-enter my wifi password, enable my > chosen network, etc., but when I go to save the network, I am told that I > don't have sufficient permissions. > > On the other hand, wicd seems to work normally again, so that life can go on, > one way or another. I would like to solve this new issue, but if not, at > least I can control my network connection. What groups are you in? IMO you need to be in "netdev". > > Bill > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... > Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...