[ubuntu-in] network-manager issues in ubuntu 8.10 (beta)

[shirish]

Hi all,
 There is an issue in ubuntu 8.10 beta version as far as
network-manager is concerned. One of the many issues plaguing it atm
is that after every reboot or boot the preferences or variables are
blanked out .

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/279262

Now for self, have done a temporary workaround which works but I'm
sure this could be improved upon.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/279262/comments/43

This is for ethernet wired connection to an ADSL router

a. sudo ifconfig eth0 inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast
61.1.96.69

b. ping -c5 192.168.1.1

c. sudo route add default gw 192.168.1.1

So I get something like this :-

route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
default         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0

I did a ping for the route man page says one should see that the
gateway is reachable.

After this things are happening coolly . Notice I'm not using any
NetworkManager stuff or anything.

The only thing issue atleast IMHO is that the preferences remain open
only for the session. Each session I have to do that :(

Comments, suggestions, additions to the above are welcome.
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          Shirish Agarwal
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