On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 13:00 +0200, Christoph Höger wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Konstantin Svist schrieb: > > Christoph Hger wrote: > >> I'm seeing something really strange on my F8 notebook. > >> > >> When I use it as a secondary computer (ca. 1m away on my desk) I'm just > >> too lazy to go to it for doing something. > >> So in common I just ssh over to it. But when I do that now, I got "no > >> route to host" if I'm not logged in locally. > >> As soon as I log in, everything works. > >> Is that some kind of NM-configuration bug? > >> I would suppose ssh to work, when no one is logged in already, as that > >> is, what I tend to do: log in. > >> > > > > I've disabled "Activate device when computer starts" for my eth0, in > > favor of using NM, instead. In this case, the network adapter will not > > be enabled until you log in. NM should work just fine if you leave that > > enabled, but the laptop might take more time during bootup to get an IP > > from DHCP (that is, if the cable is not plugged in, it will wait until > > it times out) > > > > Hi, > > I did not disable the Network startup in the boot process (at least I > see the "error no cable connected" message often). You should, if you are using NM. Or disable NM if you are using the network service. > I also think that NM is startet via /etc/init.d/NetworkManager and > should run without me logged in. > > So why is my if blocked? The NM daemon runs at boot, but all configuration information is stored in the user's directory, so no connection is made until a user logs in. Connections are controlled through nm-applet or its KDE equivalent. Boot-time connection configuration for NM is supposed to be ready for F9, IIRC. > > -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs