> I had the same issue. I'm not certain why it locks up, > but I used the > "service" command. ---------------------------------------------------------- thank you Marc for your comment it was helpful : [rxgz@DeepBlue ]$ service NetworkManager stop Stopping NetworkManager daemon: [FAILED] [rxgz@DeepBlue ]$ service NetworkManager restart Stopping NetworkManager daemon: [FAILED] Setting network parameters... [ OK ] Starting NetworkManager daemon: [ OK ] [rxgz@DeepBlue ]$ /etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop Stopping NetworkManager daemon: [ OK ] [rxgz@DeepBlue ]$ /sbin/chkconfig --level 35 NetworkManager off [rxgz@DeepBlue ]$ system-config-network here I configured my network settings : General: Nickname eth0 statically set IP addresses Manual IP address settings address: 192.168.1.2 subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 default gateway: 192.168.1.1 [rxgz@DeepBlue ]$ /etc/init.d/network start Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth0: [ OK ] RTNETLINK answers: File exists RTNETLINK answers: File exists RTNETLINK answers: File exists RTNETLINK answers: File exists RTNETLINK answers: File exists RTNETLINK answers: File exists RTNETLINK answers: File exists RTNETLINK answers: File exists RTNETLINK answers: File exists [rxgz@DeepBlue ]$ /sbin/chkconfig --level 35 network on Internet connection is not O.K. here when I check the network settings the subnet mask is changed to 192.168.1.1 ??? address: 192.168.1.2 subnet mask: 192.168.1.1 default gateway: 192.168.1.1 this is really strange ! -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines