No static IP on Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10

try removing the package network-manager*

I think there are problems with nm and static ips.

I thank you for your help but that was a very very bad idea, let me explain...
After sudo aptitude remove network-manager*, I uncommented all about eth0 and eth1 in my very good interfaces file then rebooted... NO internet, no dns, but eth0 and eth1 worked and had correct static IPs, so no change... I tried to reinstall network-manager but without DNS I had to download it for another machine, a laptop with Sabayon Linux (very good distro byt the way) and then reinstall it through scp to go back to zero, so you can scratch that solution, it does not do any good.

EDIT=
If you have wrong IP setting, it seems like you need to enter them manually in system - preferences - network connection... then in the nm-applet on the top bar right click on it and uncheck "enable connection" then recheck it: IT WORKS as long as you do not restart your machine. For some reason it works better than # /etc/init.d/networking restart or even # ifup ethx
That's my solution for now, I hope to get a fix very soon.

well, you could have just set your interfaces back to dhcp again, couldn't you? Anyway, sorry that you are having so much trouble.

personally, I think you should go back to hardy. Anyway, good luck.

If I go back to DHCP my IP address will be *.51 or *.52 I set only 2 IPs for dhcp and they are for my laptops, and no I do not want to change all my router's settings, because then I will have to change a lot more things on all my stations (and even more than that). This machine must be *.22 It's a long story... I think I will go back to hardy because this is really a mess and I have a backup, but I still want to give it a try, Intrepid "looks" good. Thank for your help.
Is there anybody working on this bug already? How can I know?

Any news on this ?

I'm now sure this bug comes for the new network-manager that comes with Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10
But I can't find a way to fix it.

I think this is rather a question than a bug?

static interfaces are supported in general. there are a few bugs surrounding auto startup and configuring them as system connections open. However, things in /etc/network/interfaces are not managed by NM, so when those dont come up its a different issue.

This question was expired because it remained in the 'Open' state without activity for the last 15 days.

Well I still have the bug, and one more time: this was not a question. Anyway, some serious people may fix it one day and release the fix on some official update. Thanks for nothing...

Have a look at http://linhost.info/2008/11/how-to-set-a-static-ip-on-ubuntu-810/
It shows two ways to set up a static ip in 8.10

you can follow the steps here to solve the issue :

http://www.php-architect.com/blog/2008/11/04/ubuntu-810-interpid-fix-static-ip-network-manager-problem/

Unfortunately this won;t help. I have been using interfaces without any problem since the bug is out there but only one NIC has to be enabled, the other is not working. If I enable both one is not working (randomly eth0 or eth1) if I enable eth0 and comment eth1, eth0 works. If I enable eth1 and comment eth0, eth1 works. SO like I said above, this is a bug not a question but no one gives a damn. It seems to be an issue with DNS resolution when 2 NICS are enabled to work together on intrepid. I will wait a few more weeks for this bug to be fixed and move on to Sabayon Linux on these stations otherwise like I have on my laptops for 2 years now...

I so hate to reconfigure my static eth1 every time i start my box ... but this web site solved my problem, especially the recurring DNS issue of dhcp rewriting my /etc/resolv.conf file.

http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-979-having-a-static-ip-address-under-ubuntu-8-10

hope this helps ...

I'm finding similar problems. For security reasons, I wish to change from DHCP to static, and set up my router so only IP's that I assign work -- keeping the neighbors from piggybacking my account.

First I tried in network-manager and had the issues described above -- I could manually set the desired IP and have it work, but it wouldn't survive reboot. So I prowled around GNOME.org and found that network-manager really isn't happy with static IP's, although it might be coerced into working. Anyway, the schema files for the GCONF entries aren't provided with the distro, and I wasn't feeling that brave.

So, I removed network-manager and configured /etc/network/interfaces roughly as described in the OP. And had the same result. I could not resolve any addresses, but I could ping on nodes whose IP I know.
At that point, I punted and reset /etc/network/interfaces for DHCP. It works, but I'm still not happy with it.

I am fully up-to-date on all upgrades and this problem has persisted. I setup a static address through Network Manager and it was frustrating to see it revert to Auto after every reboot, especially since it gave me the wrong gateway and DNS.

The easiest solution I have found to this problem is to remove the DHCP client through Synaptic and it will skip Auto and go to the static setting I have setup. Since this is a desktop, this is a viable solution, with a laptop, this would be limiting. As a note, I didn't try to remove all the associated packages, just the main DHCP client.

I am also having this same problem. This has got to be reported as a bug. How do we do that?

There is already a bug report about this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/259214
i temporary switched to wicd to get rid of this issue:

I have a network issue like your and i have installed wicd to resolve it. Wicd is a different network tool.

http://wicd.sourceforge.net/ and some screenshot http://wicd.sourceforge.net/screenshot.php

How to install wicd

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type:
(if the system ask you for a password give your user password, you will not see nothing when you type it, then press enter)

wget -q http://apt.wicd.net/wicd.gpg -O - | sudo apt-key add -

Add the wicd repository row to your /etc/apt/sources.list, type:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

and add this row:

deb http://apt.wicd.net intrepid extras

save close and exit. Then type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wicd
sudo killall nm-applet

To manually run the wicd-client please press Alt+F2 on an empty desktop and insert this command:

wicd-client

configure your connection. Then reboot your pc.

Hope this helps