Brian, can you confirm that you have same problem in /etc/network/interfaces as sk0rp10? In that case, this is bug in knetworkconf and should be addressed there.
sk0rp10: can you tell us exact steps that you need to to do in knetworkconf to reproduce missing "auto" in /etc/network/interfaces? Are you running edgy or feisty? -- knetworkmanager fails to find network devices https://launchpad.net/bugs/77557 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs