Networking not working in version 6.10 AMD64

There is a tick box to the left of the device this activates/deactivates the device hope that helps.

the change in layout has obviously confused this gentleman a small write up on the wiki might help. To activate/deactivate click the tick box on the lefthand side

It does not matter whether the tick box is checked or
unchecked.

I have used 6.06 LTS extensively, and I know how
networking is supposed to work. I am not an Ubuntu
newbie.

Thanks for your help.

--- davmor2 <email address hidden> wrote:

> There is a tick box to the left of the device this
> activates/deactivates
> the device hope that helps.
>
> --
> Networking not working in version 6.10 AMD64
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/73685
>

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It does not matter whether the tick box is checked or
unchecked.

I have used 6.06 LTS extensively, and I know how
networking is supposed to work. I am not an Ubuntu
newbie.

Thanks for your help.

--- davmor2 <email address hidden> wrote:

> the change in layout has obviously confused this
> gentleman a small write
> up on the wiki might help. To activate/deactivate
> click the tick box on
> the lefthand side
>
> ** Changed in: Ubuntu
> Assignee: (unassigned) => davmor2
> Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
>
> --
> Networking not working in version 6.10 AMD64
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/73685
>

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admin should ask for password for network changes Missed that point. But the switching on and off of the network works fine.

Here are some additional observations about the problem:

The screen capture in the Network Settings, Help, Getting Started screen also does not have "activate" and "deactivate" buttons shown. Apparently this must be an intentional change from 6.06 Dapper Drake... BUT, the screen capture is still different than the actual Network Settings box displayed on my computer. First, it shows 2 icons next to the Location box: a "+" and a "-". mine shows 3 icons: a disk, a paper shredder, and a grayed out check mark. Secondly, the check boxes are different: it shows either a check mark, or a "-", mine shows either a check mark or an empty box.

What is really bizarre is that in my experimenting: checking and unchecking, higlighting and unhighlighting in the Network settings box, suddenly a small "activating network interface" box will pop up. After a little while it will dissappear, but nothing will be activated - nor will I get an error message. I cannot duplicate this consistently, so I don't know why or exactly how I get this little dialog box to pop up.