On Saturday 15 November 2008 17:59, Jack Monflower wrote: > hello, > i want to use a fedora box as a server and remove at some point the > monitor. for that, i need to be able to reboot it so it will start > everything smoothly. > however, i noticed that currently whenever i turn on the computer, i have > to go to the administration -> network and specifically "Activate" the > network ethernet device. > in addition, i have to restart httpd, mysqld and other servers which i want > to be started automatically. > i know the latter i can do in /etc/init.d/rc.local or something like > that... but how can i make sure that the ethernet gets activated > automatically? this is necessary, because otherwise i cannot ssh to the > computer and need a console access. > > thanks I've seen problems like this when using networkmanager (the default), which appears to be started when a user logs in, and results in other programs, which need access to the Internet pre login, not being able to find a connection. On my Fedora 8 install, I opened the "services" GUI, and stopped "NetworkManager", and scrolled down a bit, and started the "network" service. The "network" service is started pre login, and may resolve your problem. This may be worth a look. Just a suggestion. 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