On 07/22/2009 03:22 PM, Ian Malone wrote: > I've just noticed F12 is moving towards NetworkManager for system-wide > connections. > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/NetworkManagerSystemConnections > > In principle it's a good thing, but with Fedora 11 I'm still having NM > problems on two completely different wireless chipsets (rt2500 and > iwl3945) which still refuse to do DHCP, which has been an intermittent > problem since I first started trying to use NM (say around Fedora 8). > It is always blamed on bugs in the drivers, which may be the case, but > NM has always seemed less tolerant of these kinds of problems than the > old system-config-network approach. Particularly since both cards > work properly once static IP has been set up. Yes, it is less tolerant because it uses more features and therefore exposes more glitches. The wireless drivers have increasingly reached a better quality thanks to that. http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/ > Is anyone able to reassure me that NM will finally work this time? The best way is to run Rawhide for testing, provide feedback and reassure yourself. Rahul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
