chrisjrob: knetwork-manager https://chrisjrob.com GNU Linux, Perl and FLOSS en-gb Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:22:31 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:22:31 +0000 Howto | Configure KNetwork Manager https://chrisjrob.com/2009/03/21/configure-knetwork-manager/ Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:57:01 +0000 chrisjrob@gmail.com (Chris Roberts) https://chrisjrob.com/2009/03/21/configure-knetwork-manager The Issue

KNetworkManager does not like inheriting a pre-existing /etc/network/interfaces file.

The Solution

Comment out all but the following from your /etc/network/interfaces:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

Add the user to the netdev group:

$ sudo adduser your_username netdev
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