On Thursday 22 November 2007 14:54, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 10:28 +0000, Tony Molloy wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I have a problem with starting NetworkManager on F8. > > > > Hardware : Dell Latitude D600 with a Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 network > > adapter. > > > > Software: F8 with all the latest updates installed. > > > > The network service is disabled. NetworkManager and > > NetworkManagerDispatcher are enabled. Same as on F7. > > > > SELinux is disabled so it's not the problem. > > > > During the boot the boot messages say both NetworkManager and > > NetworkManagerDispatcher start OK. However when I login there is no > > network service and when I check I find that the NetworkManager service > > is not running although the NetworkManagerDispatcher is. > > > > If I then start NetworkManager manually with "service NetworkManager > > start" everything is OK and I can connect to the wifi network. > > > > I've even tried putting "service NetworkManager start" in rc.local but it > > didn't work. > > > > Any ideas what's stopping NetworkManager starting at boot. > > Although this does not completely explain the boot messages what does: > chkconfig --list |grep NetworkManager > return? > Does it indicate that NM is to run at run level 3 and 5? > > --Tony Yep both NetworkManager and NetworkManagerDispatcher run at runlevels 3 and 5. > ======================================================================= > It is not best to swap horses while crossing the river. -- Abraham > Lincoln > ======================================================================= > Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
