tor, 10 04 2008 kl. 11:31 -0400, skrev John W. Linville: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 07:19:39PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > John W. Linville wrote: > > > > > > > >I don't think NM supports static IP in F8. I don't know if it does > > >in rawhide or not, but I know that is a planned feature. > > > > It does but there isn't a configuration gui built in yet. You can use > > system-config-network to define it and NM pick that up. > > Ah, that sounds like what the OP was doing. Was he using F8? > > -- > John W. Linville > linville@xxxxxxxxxx > Yes, i'm using F8. It works, by disabling NM, + setting static IP,mask and GW using system-config-network. HOWEVER it semes that Pidgin, Evolution and auto-updater is so focused on NM that these programs don't work as (i) expected. Evolution now starts offline, and pidgin won't connect but is left in a state of "waiting for network connection". And i'm notified that my system isn't receiving any updates due to lack of network connectivity. Just because NM doesnt have a network connection (NM=disabled) this - false - state shouldn't propagate to other programs wich just need a network connection, - wich, in fact, there _is_ .. Kenn
