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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