F9 and NetworkManager?
Knute Johnson
linux at www.knutejohnson.com
Thu May 29 03:54:26 UTC 2008
Marc Ferguson wrote:
> That's great. I wish I had your luck. I tried system-config-network,
> but my problem still exists. My wireless just won't connect to any
> wireless network.
>
> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Knute Johnson
> <linux at www.knutejohnson.com <mailto:linux at www.knutejohnson.com>> wrote:
>
> Mike Chambers wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 10:07 -0700, Knute Johnson wrote:
>
> I installed F9 on an old computer that only has 256M of RAM.
> I did a text mode install and it worked fine. One
> interesting thing is that if you do a text mode install, gdm
> is apparently not installed. Anyway, when I start up X, the
> NetworkManager is running but it doesn't enable my wired
> connection. I've played around with the menus and put in
> the MAC address but that had no effect. I'm sure I'm
> missing something simple but I need a hint.
>
>
> Try running system-config-network and configure your connection
> there
> initially, and save. Just don't start the network service.
> Once it's
> saved (you may need to reboot) you can try restarting/redoing NM
> to see
> if it sees it then. You also need to check the "let NM control
> it" box
> as well.
>
> I don't know why but after doing system-config-network it works
> fine. I didn't change anything but it works.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
>
> Knute Johnson
> Marc F.
What do you see in /var/log/messages when you plug your wireless card in?
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Knute Johnson
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