On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 15:01 -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. Except I am running NM and About in the icon you mention says Network Monitor. Network Monitor has nothing to do with whether you are running NM. -- ======================================================================= Once you've tried to change the world you find it's a whole bunch easier to change your mind. ======================================================================= 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 Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines