Re: Network manager install ?

[Alexander Sack <asac ubuntu com>]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 08:43:07PM +0000, Walter wrote:
> I have just installed Xubuntu and have no icon for NM.  Synaptic tells  
> me it is installed but how do I get it to run? I tried alt F2 with no  
> success.  I then installed WICD got it to work but every few seconds it  
> looses the connection.  I would like to remove this if I can get MN to  
> run.  Any help appreciated.

I am quite sure you are having legacy configurations in
/etc/network/interfaces ... If so you are probably seeing: 

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289466

easiest solution is to clean /etc/network/interfaces and reboot.

 - Alexander