[GRLUG] Call for help with NetworkManager on Debian

Fri Feb 3 11:48:30 EST 2023

Hi Dave,

If you are the closest, then it would be easier given gas prices and all.
Sure, I'll repeat my ph#. Not wanting to give the actual address out
on a public list.

616.430.4039

Once again, thanks for everyone who offered to help.
I should mention that back in 2018, Ben came over and help me setup my
earlier Linux box.
My friend from the St. Louis Unix User's Group reminded me of this
fact which prompted me to reach out to this list.
And once again, you all came through!

:)

Regards, Ed

This missive is from me and no one else. If you got this message and
you are not you, then that is your problem and not mine.

On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 11:19 AM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group
<grlug at grlug.org> wrote:
>
> Hey this is Dave - megadave at gmail.com - You're actually like 5 minutes from my work, would be easy to stop by. I clock out between 3 and 330, i can give you a call then to confirm.
>
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2023, 11:00 Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <grlug at grlug.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all, and John,
>> This is me Ed Howland who originally posted the call for help.
>>
>> I am located in Kentwood, Mi. Around the 52nd St and Breton Rd
>> intersection, one block west oat Stauffer.
>> Please call me anytime today at 616 430-4039
>>
>> Thanks in advance. I am free all day today and all weekend.
>> Regards, Ed
>>
>>
>> This missive is from me and no one else. If you got this message and
>> you are not you, then that is your problem and not mine.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 5:58 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group
>> <grlug at grlug.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Ha. Sorry, gets confusing in the mailing list if you forget a signature. Thought you were Ed asking my availability. John (me) is the one in Jenison and is available to help Friday, Saturday or Sunday. :-)
>> > John
>> > john at wesorick.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Feb 2, 2023, 5:49 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <grlug at grlug.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 6pm would be too late but I could swing by around 4pm Saturday unless the previous person that offered to help can sooner. Jenison is only a short detour off my drive home from work.
>> >>
>> >> megadave at gmail.com
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 5:32 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <grlug at grlug.org> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm in Jenison. Any time after 6 on Friday is fine. Saturday and Sunday I'm free any time after noon.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2023, 5:28 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <grlug at grlug.org> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Where are you located roughly, and what time of day would work?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 4:08 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <grlug at grlug.org> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Hello all,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Once again I am requesting some helpful eyeballs here.
>> >>>>> For those who do not remember me, or are new to GRLUG, I am a blind
>> >>>>> Linux developer. But that is not the sole reason for my request here.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Problem to be solved:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I recently purchased a used computer. Core I7 16GB. A Dell OptiPlex 7010.
>> >>>>> I had a buddy in St. Louis, Mo. install Debian Bullseye on it and ship it to me.
>> >>>>> All that went fine. The problem, seems that he inadvertently set up
>> >>>>> with a static IP address in the 192.168.4.X range. My LaN uses
>> >>>>> 192.168.1.X. The computer should request an IP address from DHCP, but
>> >>>>> it does it after a reboot. I mean it does not request it after any
>> >>>>> reboot or power outage like we had the other night.
>> >>>>> I have a script, that I can run manually that does a dhclient -r,
>> >>>>> which gets me back up and running so I can log in via SSH.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> What my buddy in StL and I have figured out is that NetworkManager
>> >>>>> must be  resetting it to its setting when it was being originally
>> >>>>> being setup in St. Louis.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Why I need some on-site help:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I'd like it to have NetworkManager default always to 'auto' so it
>> >>>>> always gets DHCP, since I may not be staying with my current ISP and
>> >>>>> their supplied router. (I should mention that it is using ethernet).
>> >>>>> I need someone to come over here and press the right buttons on the
>> >>>>> NetworkManager screen for me, as I cannot see themm.
>> >>>>> It should not take very long and I can recompense someone for their
>> >>>>> travel and time in whatever ways they desire.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Thanks for your consideration in advance, Ed
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> This missive is from me and no one else. If you got this message and
>> >>>>> you are not you, then that is your problem and not mine.
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