On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 04:08:19PM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > Dave Feustel wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 03:01:29PM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: >>> Dave Feustel wrote: >>>>>>> Are you using Network Manager, and if so is NM managing your interface? >>>>> 1. Is there a nm-applet in the upper panel on the left? >>>>> 2. Check what:chkconfig --list |grep NetworkManager returns >>>> I don't understand either point 1 or point 2; I do almost everything via >>>> the command line in xterm. Could you elaborate? >>> If you have a /var/run/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.pid file, then >>> NetworkManager is running. That's probably the most reliable way. >>> >>> If you're in a GUI, look around in the taskbars and see if there's an >>> icon that looks like two computers, one in front of the other. Right >>> click on it and select "About" from the drop-down menu. >>> >>> If the About box says "NetworkManager Applet", then NetworkManager is >>> running. If it says "Network Monitor" then NetworkManager is NOT >>> running. The problem is that the icon for the NetworkManager applet and >>> the one for Network Monitor are damned near identical. It's caught me >>> by surprise before. >> >> Thanks for this. I actually understand it! > > Good! :-) > >> There is an icon on the upper panel next to the date which, when I put >> the mouse cursor over it, displays the message "no network connection". >> As I mentioned in a previous post, the system stopped connecting at >> boot, and I got internet connectivity by executing dhclient. Obviously, >> that command by itself does not properly set network connectivity and >> I have not figured out yet how to fix the broken step in bootup. > > Well, we still don't know if it's NetworkManager (NM for short) or if > you're using ye ol' network stuff. My guess is it's NM (the "About" > will tell you). Clicking 'about' generates a popup identifying NM as Applet 0.7.0. > If it's NM, then make sure "Enable Networking" is checkmarked (right > click on icon). If it isn't then NM won't try to manage the network and > that may be where you're having issues. If it's not checked, right > click on the NM applet icon and left-click on the "Enable Networking" > option. Then wait a few seconds to see if it fires up. Clicking on enable networking produced an immediate 'Network disconnected' message. Then left-clicking produced a bunch of lines that listed a series of network devices (5) that had been disconnected. All the text is greyed out. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
