Marvin Jones via trinity-users composed on 2020-04-18 14:00 (UTC-0600): > Years go by between the times I install a new Ubuntu/Trinty. > It is now time again -- this time to build a machine > to replace my wife's antique Win XP. > I just did the install with Trinity's CD image Ubuntu 18.02/Trinity 14.07. > I want to set a static IP for the box -- and get rid of the DHCP crap. > All the searching either shows > Make changes to the /etc/netplan yaml file > -- there isn't any - just an empty directory! > -or- > "Click on top right network icon and select settings corresponding to > the network interface you wish to assign with the static IP address." > --- ya, well, this is Trinity. > ..and, of course NONE of this resembles anything I remember from > hacking my Ubuntu 16.04 with Trinity from a WAY LONG time ago. > Could someone please point me where to start? I really don't remember the official procedure for configuring Ubuntu networking, but here's what may be all that you need to know from one of my many using static IP: # inxi -Snxxza System: Kernel: 4.15.0-91-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.4.0 parameters: ro root=LABEL=<filter> net.ifnames=0 radeon.si_support=0 amdgpu.si_support=1 ipv6.disable=1 noresume mitigations=auto consoleblank=0 plymouth.enable=0 vga=791 video=1440x900@60 Desktop: Trinity R14.0.7 tk: Qt 3.5.0 info: kicker wm: Twin 3.0 dm: TDM Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS (Bionic Beaver) Network: Device-1: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet vendor: SysKonnect driver: sky2 v: 1.30 port: d800 bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 11ab:4364 IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> # cat /etc/network/interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.###.### netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.###.### broadcast 192.168.###.### gateway 192.168.###.### # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed dns-nameservers 192.168.###.### dns-search my.lan -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/