On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 14:54 -0700, stan wrote: > Michael H. Warfield wrote: > > -snip- > > My solution, at this point, is "yum erase NetworkManger" and then go > > back to the older scripts which WORK and work reliably. > > > > Unless you're having problems with wireless (and there are better > > solutions to that problem) NetworkManager has no advantages over the > > ifup/ifdown scripts and a whole lot of disadvantages for those of us who > > have custom configurations. > > > > I've removed NetworkManger even from my laptop where I do move from > > network to network and wired to wireless, because I can not tolerate its > > behavior and its refusal to respect configuration options and > > established scripting principles. It's just not worth the headaches it > > creates, even in that environment. > > > > > Thanks for this posting. Something clicked for me when I read it and I > removed all > the NetworkManager stuff. I'll occasionally get the network not coming > up on reboot > or timing out waiting for the network, that never used to happen. > Had a problem with a second ethernet card existing as a phantom after I > removed it. > Little irritations, easily remedied and then passed by. But it used to > be so reliable, it was forgettable. > Maybe this will bring that back. > > If it doesn't, easy enough to reinstall NetworkManager. > > I think you meant yum remove NetworkManager , erase is for RPM. No... Both work... "yum erase" works. I use "erase" with yum and "-e" with rpm. OTOH... "remove" with yum and "--erase" with rpm are functionally equivalently in each. Matter of taste is all. yum - erase|remove rpm - -e|--erase From the man pages... Mike -- Michael H. Warfield (AI4NB) | (770) 985-6132 | mhw@xxxxxxxxxxxx /\/\|=mhw=|\/\/ | (678) 463-0932 | http://www.wittsend.com/mhw/ NIC whois: MHW9 | An optimist believes we live in the best of all PGP Key: 0xDF1DD471 | possible worlds. A pessimist is sure of it!
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