On 14/12/09 16:18, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote: > On 14/12/09 11:34, n2xssvv.g02gfr12930 wrote: >> Well folks, I'm completely bewildered! I have the latest updated Fedora >> 12 on my laptop, but for the life of me I cannot get knetworkmanager to >> work. All I get is a message saying the network is not managed. I can >> disable network manager, (stop the daemon), and use the laptop that way, >> but a working network manager would be preferable. >> >> Also Services, (service management), no longer asks for super user >> password when started from the menu, hence I have to start it from a >> terminal for it to work properly. >> >> Something in the configuration has become badly borked!!! The problem is >> the same for KDE,(preferred), and Gnome. >> >> Anyone out there with any ideas? >> >> JB >> > Well I have it working of sorts by creating system network > configurations and using the Gnome network manager applet. This enables > me to switch between the system configurations. Unfortunately trying to > create configurations from the applet fails to work. > > It seems that some of the system settings configuration apps need to run > as a super user to take effect properly. Hopefully these problems will > be fixed in some updates in a few weeks. > > All said and done, I will not be upgrading my PC to Fedora 12 from 11, > as my experience with my laptop suggests to me it appears to be always > close to, if not actually somewhat, flaky in places. Respect to those > folks maintaining the repositories, but based on my experience the > testing before release was below par and the results will put folks off > using Fedora. > > JB > Not sure, but tried setting it up again today, and presto, it's all working!! To quote Lewis Carroll, curiouser, and curiouser. JB -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
