FC9 and NetworkManager

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 00:02 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-04-27 at 10:35 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 19:25 -0400, Louis E Garcia II wrote:
> > > First NetworkManager fails to come up at boot. One needs to restart the
> > > service.
> > > 
> > > NetworkManager doesn't work with static ip. After fc9 desktop install
> > > with a stacic ip I disabled network service and enabled Network manager.
> > > I get system eth0 and auto ethernet in the nm-applet. system eth0
> > > connects but can't get to the internet seems the nameservers are missing
> > > and the broadcast is 0. With system-config-network under DNS the values
> > > are always missing even when I enter them and save. /etc/resolv.conf is
> > > empty.
> > > 
> > > Why does nm-applet have both system eth0 and auto ethernet?
> > 
> > I presume the intent is that "system eth0" is for a static IP and "auto
> > ethernet" is for NM-controlled DHCP.
> > 
> > So far (with F8), I haven't been able to get the "system wlan0" to
> > connect wirelessly with the network I defined (hidden SSID, WEP, DHCP),
> > but the auto connection works fine for the same network.  (Haven't
> > tested all that recently, either, though.)
> 
> Hmm; would be interesting to see ifcfg-wlan0 then...  and to compare it
> with what's in GConf for the auto connection.

        $ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 
        # Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
        DEVICE=wlan0
        BOOTPROTO=dhcp
        ONBOOT=no
        HWADDR=00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
        NETMASK=
        DHCP_HOSTNAME=
        IPADDR=
        DOMAIN=
        TYPE=Wireless
        USERCTL=yes
        PEERDNS=yes
        IPV6INIT=no
        NM_CONTROLLED=yes
        ESSID=cuairnet
        CHANNEL=1
        MODE=Managed
        RATE=Auto
        
In GConf:
        $ cat connection/%gconf.xml 
        <?xml version="1.0"?>
        <gconf>
                <entry name="timestamp" mtime="1208978050"
        type="string">
                        <stringvalue>1208978050</stringvalue>
                </entry>
                <entry name="autoconnect" mtime="1208978050" type="bool"
        value="true">
                </entry>
                <entry name="type" mtime="1208978050" type="string">
                        <stringvalue>802-11-wireless</stringvalue>
                </entry>
                <entry name="id" mtime="1208978050" type="string">
                        <stringvalue>cuairnet</stringvalue>
                </entry>
        </gconf>
        
        $ cat 802-11-wireless/%gconf.xml 
        <?xml version="1.0"?>
        <gconf>
                <entry name="seen-bssids" mtime="1208978050" type="list"
        ltype="string">
                        <li type="string">
                               <stringvalue>00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX</stringvalue>
                        </li>
         [...18 more MACs deleted...]
                </entry>
                <entry name="security" mtime="1208978050" type="string">
        
        <stringvalue>802-11-wireless-security</stringvalue>
                </entry>
                <entry name="mtu" mtime="1208978050" type="int"
        value="0">
                </entry>
                <entry name="tx-power" mtime="1208978050" type="int"
        value="0">
                </entry>
                <entry name="rate" mtime="1208978050" type="int"
        value="0">
                </entry>
                <entry name="channel" mtime="1208978050" type="int"
        value="0">
                </entry>
                <entry name="ssid" mtime="1208978050" type="list"
        ltype="int">
                        <li type="int" value="99">
                        </li>
                        <li type="int" value="117">
                        </li>
                        <li type="int" value="97">
                        </li>
                        <li type="int" value="105">
                        </li>
                        <li type="int" value="114">
                        </li>
                        <li type="int" value="110">
                        </li>
                        <li type="int" value="101">
                        </li>
                        <li type="int" value="116">
                        </li>
                </entry>
        </gconf>
        
        $ cat 802-11-wireless-security/%gconf.xml 
        <?xml version="1.0"?>
        <gconf>
                <entry name="auth-alg" mtime="1208978050" type="string">
                        <stringvalue>open</stringvalue>
                </entry>
                <entry name="wep-tx-keyidx" mtime="1208978050"
        type="int" value="0">
                </entry>
                <entry name="key-mgmt" mtime="1208978050" type="string">
                        <stringvalue>none</stringvalue>
                </entry>
        </gconf>

There's another connection entry for this same ESSID as well.  In fact,
several connections have duplicate entries in the Network Connections
pop-up in nm-applet.  Some say "Auto <SSID>" and some say just "<SSID>".
None of the duplicates have ever been connected.
        
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> 
-- 
                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs