On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 15:16 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 01:43 +0530, Vivek J. Patankar wrote: > > Bill Geng wrote: > > > I just installed Fedora 8 on my desktop computer. My computer gets an > > > IP address from my router which runs a DHCP server. It works at > > > runlevel 5. I can access the Internet. After I changed the default > > > runlevel from 5 to 3, my network interface cannot be bring up > > > automatically. I have to run "ifup eth0" manually to get an IP > > > address. Anyone can help me out. > > > > I've had this problem too for one of my servers that runs nessus on > > Fedora8. I solved it by stopping the NetworkManager service and starting > > the "network" service. > > > > # chkconfig NetworkManager off > > # chkconfig network on > > # service NetworkManager stop > > # service network start > > > Or to be more specific NetworkManager does not work at run level 3. The best solution is: # chkconfig --level 5 NetworkManager on # chkconfig --level 5 network off # chkconfig --level 23 network on # chkconfig --level 23 NetworkManager off That way NetworkManager runs at level 5 (GUI) and network won't, and network runs at levels 2 and 3 and NetworkManager won't. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com - - - - If Windows isn't a virus, then it sure as hell is a carrier! - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
