> Since that was an *OR* then I would restore the settings in that file > to try that configuration. Nope, nothing. 'Wired Networks' is still 'disconnected' and greyed out. I tried commenting out the eth0 lines in /etc/network/interfaces with the 'managed=true' in nm-system-settings, and with 'managed=false', and the 'managed=true' with the lines in /etc/network/interfaces... still only wireless!