Hi Achim,<br><br>Here is my /etc/network/interfaces:<br><br>auto lo<br>iface lo inet loopback<br><br>iface eth0 inet static<br>address 192.168.0.15<br>netmask 255.255.255.0<br><br>auto eth0<br><br>eth0 is still managed by NM. Any suggestions ?<br>
<br>Best regards,<br>Alexandre Poltorak<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Achim Bohnet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ach@mpe.mpg.de">ach@mpe.mpg.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Monday, 12. January 2009, Andrey Filippov wrote:<br>
> > Not with NetworkManager. Once NM detects the cable is unplugged it will<br>
> > reset the interface.<br>
> ><br>
> > AFAIK you should be able to mark single devices to not be controlled by<br>
> > NetworkManager. But that's distro specific and I don't know much about<br>
> > ubuntu.<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Helmut,<br>
><br>
> Thank you for the quick reply. One quick followup question.<br>
><br>
> You see, we make cameras based on FOSS (<br>
> <a href="http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/cameras" target="_blank">http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/cameras</a> ), many of our customers do not have<br>
> any prior experience with GNU/Linux and we try to help them to install all<br>
> the development environment to work with our products (most fun is when you<br>
> modify our pre-installed firmware). Currently we use Kubuntu and I believe<br>
> KDE-based system is the easiest to use for people who moved from the other<br>
> OS.<br>
><br>
> If there is no recommended simple solution with knetworkmanager, would you<br>
> suggest we instruct all our customers to uninstall it completely and use<br>
> other means to configure their networks?<br>
<br>
</div></div>Kubuntu/Debian way to staticly configure the network<br>
was/is /etc/network/interfaces. See interfaces manpage.<br>
Devices managed via interfaces file are ignored by<br>
network-manager<br>
<br>
Achim<br>
><br>
> Andrey Filippov<br>
> Elphel, Inc<br>
><br>
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