Fix silly "Networking Disabled" issue (Ubuntu 10.04)

gistfile1.sh

su root
# Don't you hate when you need to root to fix dumb issues?
service network-manager stop
rm /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state
service network-manager start
reboot -h now

Thank you so much!! I've been looking everywhere and this did it!

jfc aaaaaand this still works for 20.04.

Ubuntu 18.04, helped fix "lshw / *network-DISABLED" issues after compiling ethernet driver

Thank you so much!! I have been struggling for it almost 3 hours. Btw, if you faced an authentication error in the first line, try using "sudo -i"

2022 still works, thank you man

Thanks! It still worked for ubuntu 22.04 ...

Just a small change:
service network-manager stop ---> service NetworkManager stop
service network-manager start ----> service NetworkManager start

ubuntu 18.04, unfortunately, didn't solve this for me :(
the best luck to all who see this.
Network is disabled under "lshw -c Network"

11 Years later, your contribution is still saving lives.
It worked for me on Ubuntu 22.04.

11 years later still saves lives

11 years later ... well done ubuntu!

Still works in 2023!

thanks to kanhaiya-2000's comment this still works on Ubuntu 22.04 in 2023!

still works! I wonder if it will work in another 12 years

still works! I wonder if it will work in another 12 years

believe me it'll

This didn't help rather installing the 'netplan.io' package fixed this issue (Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS).

How did I get into this scenario?
Well, I tried 'apt auto-remove python3', and all of a sudden my machine rebooted and landed on the tty1 prompt, couldn't start ubuntu-desktop!

How did I get back to ubuntu-desktop?
Ran 'sudo apt install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop' and got back the GUI. But then the ethernet was not working, 'lshw -c network' showed my ethernet interface 'enp43s0' was unmanaged!

sudo apt install netplan.io
sudo apt install network-manager

sudo cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state
[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true

in my case, no need to delete NetworkManager.state

I cannot believe this thing still works in 2024...