On Nov 22, 2007 7:24 AM, Michael Wiktowy <michael.wiktowy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Nov 22, 2007 1:54 AM, Tod Merley <todbot88@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Nov 21, 2007 5:16 PM, Michael Wiktowy <michael.wiktowy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I am having some very strange network setup issues with F8. > > My tendency, anymore, with the huge distributions such as Fedora or > > Ubuntu is to leave the install as close to the original as possible > > (as it is out of the box - so to speak). So, you might try re-doing > > the Live CD install this time leaving Network manager alone but > > specifying a static IP on the Ethernet interface during the install or > > by using "System > Administration > Network". > > Thanks for the response. > > I know the steps needed to set up static IPs and the steps you > suggested are the steps I followed and have done a bazillion times > since before Fedora existed. However, leaving NetworkManager in place > is not possible since it is a known issue that NM will clobber any > manual settings (including those introduced by system-config-network) > that you do unless you disable it. They are mutually exclusive systems > for handling network config. > > Hopefully this changes soon but there does not seem to be a GUI way > for NM to handle static IPs in F8 (AFAIK, they devs consciously left > that out just to get the new NM infrastructure out the door for F8 and > intend to add it in when it is available). You might be able to dig > into the guts of NM and make it do so but at that point it makes sense > to just use the old style of GUI config. Unfortunately, I am > experiencing issues with that. > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Hi again Michael Wiktowy! Apologies, I wish I had been more thorough! I tried what you wanted to do on my laptop forgetting that I have not yet put F8 on it but am rather still plugging away with F7. When I did try the experiment on a test rig I have installed F8 on I saw your problem. However, in System > Administration > Services -- Disabling the NetworkManager service and then enabling "network" resulted in the desired settings (set as above) upon restart. I do hope this helps! Tod
