NetworkManager: I want to believe, but... [was Re: F9 potential service network bug?]

[Gary Thomas]

Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 07:28 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
>> So, the FeatureMoreNetworkManager wiki page says that NetworkManager is
>> supposed to have new "Chuck Norris" features like supporting static IP
>> addresses. It didn't work for me on a fresh F9 install, which then was a
>> headache etc etc. (Even sytem-config-network had the right info, yet
>> interface kept coming up dhcp.) So, as the Feature page says, it sure would
>> be an advantage if it worked.
>>
>> Except, uh, what advantage does this bring me once it's set up? Why have a
>> daemon and applet and dbus infrastructure monitoring something which by
>> definition *is not going to change*?
>>
>> I'm not trying to troll -- I just don't get it. It seems like there's
>> nothing in the "plus" column here. What am I missing?
> 
> Now this is interesting, because this same exact case works for me.  Do
> install, configure static during install, upon boot static comes up.

What if you install via LiveCD?  It doesn't ask anything about network
setup in this case.

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