Knetworkmanager dropped my interface

[duffmckagan]

I have installed Kubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon and updated it fully, but the problem isn't solved yet.
Whenever I login to KDE, Knetworkmanager doesn't see my network interfaces (I use manual configuration). But when I try the manual configuration option, I can see the device to be configured as eth0 and everything works fine for the editing part. But even after restarting the computer, it says Device: No Active Device.

Due to this I cannot logon to my ISP. as there's no network to be seen. But if I logon from Windows and reboot to Kubuntu, Internet works fine as if there were no problems at all.

A Bug?

[integr8e]

Re: Knetworkmanager dropped my interface

You may want to try reinstalling Gutsy on your system; backup all your personal data and everything else you want to keep, and just wipe the entire partition and begin with a fresh install. Other than that, I don't know what to tell you.

[duffmckagan]

Re: Knetworkmanager dropped my interface

Reinstall Gutsy just for Knetworkmanager? No way man! I removed Knetworkmanager from the System Tray and now I can logon to my ISP server just fine (internet works fine too). I may keep Knetworkmanager just for editing purposes (editing network configuration). Apart from that, the network is running smoothly. I may report a bug still and see if there are users experiencing a similar problem.

[kbunt]

Re: Knetworkmanager dropped my interface

The network managers are sheer garbage. I believe the network managers have been flaky and probably the worst program for a while now. Even in Feisty. I don't understand why the distros tolerate it. There are recommendations to use a program called WICD but I think it's better to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file.

There are problems in both Gnome-centered and KDE-centric distros and the problems are similar even though the 'faces' are different. I understand that everybody has different hardware but the fact is, the problems exist even if you researched and bought open source-friendly or compatible hardware.