If you have a stationary workstation setup, with NIS, autofs, fixed IP numbers etc. you are better off removing network-manager altogether.
I've had several of the problems above, and they magically disappeared when I did this: apt-get remove network-manager It removes a number of GUIs as well, but if your network connections are fixed you don't need them. -- NIS has problems starting before the network comes up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/50430 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs