On Tuesday 09 September 2008 20:48, Paul Smith wrote: > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Tony Molloy <tony.molloy@xxxxx> wrote: > > Well if the network service works for you then you don't need the > > NetworkManager service. The network service starts earlier in the boot > > sequence so it is already up when the ntpdate service starts. > > I think the problem was caused by the fact that I installed Fedora > from a Live CD; it activates NetworkManager, perhaps because the Live > CD is expecting a laptop as target computer. > > Paul Probably not, as I downloaded the 6 CD's for Fedora 9, and Network Mangler (aka Network Manager) was still activated as default. I've seen loads of problems reported using Network Manager, so disabled it, and activated the network service instead. Nice to see that the problem is resolved. Nigel. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines