Hi, I just rebooted my FC14 x86_64 desktop, and there's no networking. I have a bridge set up with eth0, and despite my best efforts, can't get eth0 to be "active" in "Network Device Control". The activate/deactive buttons are greyed out. At one point I was able to click Activate, but even then it wouldn't actually activate it. For now, I've just run "ifup br0" and it successfully acquired a DHCP address. I've tried variations of "Controlled by NetworkManager" and other ideas I've read in similar threads (mostly from a few years ago), with no success. Here are the contents of /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices ifcfg-eth0: DEVICE=eth0 HWADDR=48:5b:XX:61:b5:5c ONBOOT=yes BRIDGE=br0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp TYPE=Ethernet NM_CONTROLLED=yes USERCTL=yes PEERDNS=yes IPV6INIT=no ifcfg-br0: DEVICE=br0 TYPE=Bridge BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes DELAY=0 IPV6INIT=no USERCTL=yes There are a few syslog entries in messages that might help: Jan 8 17:55:06 alex NetworkManager[17711]: <error> [1294527306.847724] [nm-dbus-manager.c:338] nm_dbus_manager_start_service(): Could not acquire the NetworkManager service as it is already taken. Jan 8 17:55:06 alex NetworkManager[17711]: <error> [1294527306.847745] [main.c:709] main(): failed to start the dbus service. Jan 8 17:55:06 alex NetworkManager[17711]: <info> exiting (error) Jan 8 17:55:20 alex NetworkManager[17051]: <info> caught signal 15, shutting down normally. Jan 8 17:55:20 alex NetworkManager[17051]: <info> exiting (success) Jan 8 17:56:08 alex NetworkManager[18096]: ifcfg-rh: Acquired D-Bus service com.redhat.ifcfgrh1 Jan 8 17:56:08 alex NetworkManager[18096]: ifcfg-rh: parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo ... Jan 8 17:56:08 alex NetworkManager[18096]: ifcfg-rh: parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0 ... Jan 8 17:56:08 alex NetworkManager[18096]: ifcfg-rh: error: Bridge connections are not yet supported Jan 8 17:56:08 alex NetworkManager[18096]: ifcfg-rh: parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 ... Jan 8 17:56:08 alex NetworkManager[18096]: ifcfg-rh: read connection 'System eth0' Jan 8 17:56:08 alex NetworkManager[18096]: ifcfg-rh: Ignoring connection 'System eth0' and its device due to NM_CONTROLLED/BRIDGE/VLAN. Jan 8 17:56:08 alex NetworkManager[18096]: <info> (eth0): carrier is OFF Jan 8 17:56:08 alex NetworkManager[18096]: <info> (eth0): new Ethernet device (driver: 'sky2' ifindex: 2) Jan 8 17:56:08 alex NetworkManager[18096]: <warn> /sys/devices/virtual/net/br0: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring... Jan 8 17:56:08 alex NetworkManager[18096]: <warn> /sys/devices/virtual/net/virbr0: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring... Jan 8 17:56:08 alex NetworkManager[18096]: <warn> /sys/devices/virtual/net/vnet0: couldn't determine device driver; ignoring... ... Jan 8 18:00:16 alex system-config-network[21112]: Error: Bridge not in DeviceFactory! I hope that's legible. What does that mean? Trying to restart the dbus service: [root@alex network-scripts]# ps ax|grep dbus 1296 ? Ssl 0:14 dbus-daemon --system 2225 ? S 0:00 dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session 2226 ? Ssl 0:00 /bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session 2555 ? S 0:00 dbus-launch --autolaunch=a399d32027353da4091b58ae0000000c --binary-syntax --close-stderr 2556 ? Ssl 0:00 /bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session 24684 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto dbus [root@alex network-scripts]# service dbus restart Redirecting to /bin/systemctl restart dbus.service Failed to get D-Bus connection: Failed to connect to socket /org/freedesktop/systemd1/private: Connection refused There is also a computer with a red X in the top panel. Where can I find a good overview of how this all works and interacts with udev? I would like to learn everything about it eventually, but for now where can I learn the basics about how it makes decisions on how the networking works? Thanks, Alex -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines