[ale] ubuntu 10.10 static ip and the woes

[James Sumners]

I don't know why that tutorial has you setup the static configuration
with the Gnome tools, which don't use the standard configuration
files, only to then remove the Gnome tools. They should just start
with the second part of the tutorial; which is the part that you have
not done.

1) Edit `/etc/network/interfaces` and create a static entry for your
network interface (eth0). See `man interfaces`.
2) Edit `/etc/resolve.conf` and set your DNS entries.
3) `/etc/init.d/network restart`

Done.

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha
<savithari at gmail.com> wrote:
> Friends:
>
> I have a machine now with NOT-NETWORK access.  Here is the story.
>
> I wanted to put static ip on my MythTV Server.  I followed directions on
> this site
>
> http://www.liberiangeek.net/2010/09/setup-permanent-static-ip-address-ubuntu-10-0410-10-maverick-meerkat
>
> In that site, halfway down there is a step there that says
>
> sudo apt-get purge network-manager network-manager-gnome
>
> I followed that and then I rebooted.
>
> The next thing I know, I am not able to connect to network or internet.  I
> am ruing myself now.
>
> Can anyone guide me back to where I can get a network without a full Ubuntu
> install ?
>
> In Windoze world, we can copy a zip or something and install it, how can we
> do that in the Linux world ?
>
> Thanks for your time
> -Narahari
>
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