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Fix silly "Networking Disabled" issue (Ubuntu 10.04)
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
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pearleye commented Dec 15, 2023

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!

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skyer9 commented Feb 15, 2024

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

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TT702 commented Jun 12, 2024

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

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