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I have a BeagleBone running Ubuntu. connman is getting in my way and I'd like to disable it. I deleted /etc/rc*/*connman, but somehow it's still getting started.

(Why am I trying to disable it? Because I'm trying to set a static IP address for eth0 in /etc/network/interfaces, but that doesn't work because evidently connman brings up eth0 first, with no address, which keeps ifup from working.)

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You can also configure connman to ignore a specific interface.

I had to do exactly the same (static IP for eth0) and could do so by configuring it in /etc/network/interfaces AND by modifying (adding) a line in /etc/connman/main.conf:

NetworkinterfaceBlacklist=eth0,SoftAp0,usb0,usb1
Zanna
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  • Thanks for the tip. In the end, I guess, connman or something like it is the way of the future, and we're supposed to use it to configure all network interfaces and stop using /etc/network/interfaces, because /etc/network/interfaces is on the way out. – Steve Summit Nov 24 '17 at 14:08
  • This worked for me with a 2018 image. I could not get connman to configure or startup properly with a static IP without a cable plugged in, which ruined my DHCP server that was trying to start... – MadHatter Jun 14 '18 at 03:18
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I never did figure out how to disable it, so I ended up just deleting it:

sudo apt remove connman

Now my conventional, static IP configurations (in /etc/network/interfaces) are working fine.

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You may try running this in the command line:

sudo systemctl disable connman.service

After that other Network Managers should work. Normally Connman is designed for embedded devices.

This worked for me when I had some trouble with Connman on a fresh Ubuntu Studio 21.04 installation (lost Internet connection).

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