<div class="gmail_quote">2008/11/11 Anne Wilson <<a href="mailto:cannewilson@googlemail.com">cannewilson@googlemail.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d">On Monday 10 November 2008 21:22:55 Michal Jaegermann wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 07:39:17PM +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > I've just completed an install of a rawhide snapshot, approximately one > > week old. I was not able to configure the network during the install, so > > I'm doing it now. Unusually, the wireless network has set up without a > > problem but the wired connection is failing to set. The 'OK' remains > > greyed out. > > Do not let NetworkManager to handle your static connections. It > will mess up badly. OTOH it is quite possible that you run into > that bug: <a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459017" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459017</a> > </div>It's very odd. System-config-nework shows all the correct settings for static IP, but 'Activate' has no effect</blockquote><div> is the NetworkManager service stopped? is the network service running? </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d"> > > Is it necessary to give a MAC address during setup? > > No. > > > I confess I don't know > > how to get it until I have a connection. > > 'ip link' will show that but you should not care. > </div>OK, thanks Anne -- fedora-test-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-test-list@redhat.com">fedora-test-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list</a> </blockquote></div> -- Linux counter #213090