On Sat, 2008-08-16 at 14:40 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > NetworkManager has apparently screwed up a lot of small Gnome processes. > > * Trouble with Evo getting itself stuck in downloading mail > (looping ??). > * Clock applet not getting task and calendar info from Evolution > properly. > * I have been told that NM configuration info and keys should be > in my gconf-editor. They are not. > * A couple of other little things (I forget now) not operating > properly after turning NetworkManager off and on. I have not had the problems above. Although right now I can't find my keys . I have seen them in earlier versions of NM, and they must be here since the connections are made. > > I will see if I can get help with NetworkManager on the > networkmanager-list@xxxxxxxxx , but meanwhile, so as to avoid asking > really stupid questions in more than one place. Is the 'network' > service supposed to be running while the NetworkManager service is on? No you should run one of them but not both of them. Do you see a nm-applet in the upper right panel. What do you see if you left click on it. You should see the available APs. > > Is it compiled into the kernel? I thought it was a module? Are those > questions even relevant? > > ps aux shows NetworkManager but no 'network' or friends. > > The command line shows: > > ]# service network status > Configured devices: > lo eth0 > Currently active devices: > lo eth0 > > ]# service network stop > Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ] > Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ] > > and then; > > ]# service network status > Configured devices: > lo eth0 > Currently active devices: > lo eth0 > > There is no Fedora manual or 'Help' for NetworkManager > > 'man NetworkManager' produces only: > "DESCRIPTION > The NetworkManager daemon attempts to keep an active > network connection available at all times. The point of > NetworkManager is to make networking configuration and setup > as painless and automatic as possible. If using DHCP, > NetworkManager is intended to replace default routes,obtain > IP addresses from a DHCP server, and change nameservers whenever > it sees fit, with the aim of making networking Just Work." > > nm-tool shows me no more info than is available in the NM gui. > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/NetworkManager simply tells me how > to configure for pam. My pam.d/gdm is > auth optional pam_gnome_keyring.so > session optional pam_gnome_keyring.so auto_start > > googled sites gives info for gentoo and mandrivia only. > > I am stumped. I will re-ask on the NetworkManager list, but first I > would like to straighten out in my mind the network vs NetworkManger > services thing. > > -- > Regards Bill; > Fedora 9, Gnome 2.22.3 > Evo.2.22.3.1, Emacs 22.2.1 > -- ======================================================================= Things equal to nothing else are equal to each other. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
