I used to be able to share my network connection by editing the Auto Eth0 to share with other computers in the Ipv4 section and now I upgraded my laptop to 11.10 .
Now are there no wired connections in the network manager. When I click my connections applet at the top of the tray it also says wired device not managed!
when I type ifconfig -a
daniella@daniella-1001HA:~$ ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:e6:ba:83:d6:fc UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:45
eth0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:e6:ba:83:d6:fc inet addr:169.254.13.40 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Interrupt:45
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:d3:90:43:41 inet addr:192.168.0.6 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::225:d3ff:fe90:4341/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:12881 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:12867 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:8851081 (8.8 MB) TX bytes:2343199 (2.3 MB)12 Answers
wired device not managed
Most probably your interface appears in /etc/network/interfaces. By default, NetworkManager does not manage interfaces that appear in /etc/network/interfaces. You can change this behaviour.
To do this - in a terminal:
sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.confchange the line managed=false to managed=true
Save, stop and start network manager:
sudo service network-manager restartAlternatively, you can remove the interface from /etc/network/interfaces.
backup the current interfaces file:
sudo cp /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network_interfaces_backupThen open the file:
sudo nano /etc/network/interfacesDelete everything in that file and copy and paste the following:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopbackSave, stop and start network manager:
sudo service network-manager restartDouble check in network manager (click on the indicator) that you have Enabled Networking ticked and you should also force deletion of old "wired connections" and selecting the new wired connection shown in the network manager indicator.
7Ubuntu installs a config file that sets most devices unmanaged:
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/10-globally-managed-devices.conf:
[keyfile]
unmanaged-devices=*,except:type:wifi,except:type:gsm,except:type:cdmaTo disable this, You can create a blank file with the same name in /etc:
sudo touch /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/10-globally-managed-devices.conf
sudo systemctl restart NetworkManagerwired device not managed
I had the same problem with a fresh install on my Asus Eee PC 1005HA. The live environment worked with no problems, but once installed I couldn't get the connection to respond or to not read "device not managed". When I changed the text in this configuration file and restarted Network Manager everything worked!
gksudo gedit /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conffor lubuntu:
gksudo leafpad /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.confNow the text editor will open. Find the line managed=false and replace false with true and save the file (ctrl+s) and close the file.
Restart your computer or the NetworkManager service (sudo service network-manager restart).
wireless device not managed
I've also found this issue after installing the Ubuntu 11.10 alternate version.
In my case, the /etc/network/interfaces was configured during installation to download new packages, and the conflict arose after the NetworkManager was set up during the first session.
The solution I've found was commenting the lines related to the wlan interface in the /etc/network/interfaces (in console, sudo vim /etc/network/interfaces or your editor of choice):
# The primary network interface #auto wlan0 #iface wlan0 inet dhcp # wpa-ssid [your_ssid] # wpa-psk [your_wpa_password]
And then, as Joseph VanPelt proposed, set managed=false in the /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf and running sudo service network-manager restart.
wired device not managed
This is a simple command which does the same as the accepted answer non-interactively.
Run this command in a Terminal to use it:
sudo sed -i 's/^managed=false/managed=true/' /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.confYou may have to restart the network manager afterwards with this command:
sudo service network-manager restartSituation like this may appear, when one runs pppoeconf or something similar and the command overwrites the setting saved by NetworkManager. Even though the device seems to be working properly, Network Manager shows device status to be unmanaged.
If this a normal user's pc with simple network configuration like connecting via DHCP and automatic configuration, simply out comment the lines and restart network manager.
$ sudo restart network-managerIf situations other than these, please explain.
All solutions above failed. Here is the solution for Ubuntu 19.10 on minimal install so the odds that this solution works for you are very high.
We are going to edit a file, but you cannot jam everything on one line as this will cause an error. Put [keyfile] on the first line, and the rest of the command on the second line.
sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/10-globally-managed-devices.conf
[keyfile]
unmanaged-devices=*,except:type:wifi,except:type:wwan,except:type:ethernet
ctrl-o to save ctrl-x to close file and nano
Before you reboot, make sure the contents @ /usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/10-globally-managed-devices.conf are empty
Explanation, Please Read So you don't screw up: Network-manager presumably looks at both 10-globally-managed-devices.conf files in the two aforementioned directories. If neither of them have [keyfile] seperated by a new line, network-manager crashes (confirmed). If both of them have [keyfile] separated by a new line, presumably as before network-manager will crash (unconfirmed). Presumably [keyfile] means "use this file as config" hence the aforementioned network-manager behavior. So one of those files should be empty and the other should have [keyfile] followed by new line and the rest of the command. So in Ubuntu the /usr/ file will always be zeroed unless possibly way back like 14.04 or earlier. But for other distros it might be reverse where /etc/ file is zeroed and /usr/ file edited and formatted properly.
Ubuntu Jedi Master
1I had the same problem, I solved it by commenting the lines where the unmanaged device was mentioned, by mac address, in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf.
[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile
dns=dnsmasq
[ifupdown]
managed=false
[keyfile]
unmanaged-devices=mac:00:26:2d:fd:5c:e0changed to
[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile
dns=dnsmasq
[ifupdown]
managed=false
\#[keyfile]
\#unmanaged-devices=mac:00:26:2d:fd:5c:e0There are two ways to manage network connections. You either have to do everything thru the network manager and remove everything Except the Loopback entry in /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
or totally remove the network manager thru the package manager or terminal and use the /etc/network/interfaces and /etc/resolve.conf file to control your connections. If not you will see the error you are getting. Even with static IP I've found that the network manager makes things easy and you can configure your IPV4 connections thru the menu.
2Just to add a non-default answer, this can also happen if your computer has a hardware ON/OFF switch for the Wi-Fi interface. If you have such a "killswitch", ensure that you haven't accidentally turned the interface off
In 11.10 you can go to System Settings and you should see a Network Icon. Run that utility and you should see tabs for your network devices, wired and wireless. Each tab has a slider that allows you to switch the device off. Or in your case switch eth0 or wired connection 1, as it is now called, on. May be. At least check that it not switched to off.
regards.
1wireless device not managed
This is because the alternate images were for a period of time, configuring the wireless networks in /etc/network/interfaces; which causes NetworkManager to, on purpose, ignore the interface and consider them online.
A good solution if you want to simply use your wireless connection (or wired) with DHCP is to comment out these settings in /etc/network/interfaces for all interfaces except lo, and reboot your system or restart NetworkManager like so:
sudo restart network-manager
Of course, this means you will need to enter your wireless settings into NetworkManager (password, etc) after clicking on the right item from the applet menu.
