Bringing Up Wireless Connections Automatically => fixdev1804289383
Charles Curley
charlescurley at charlescurley.com
Mon Aug 28 00:01:33 UTC 2006
On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 05:25:24PM -0400, Robert L. Cochran wrote:
> >
> >to fix dev1804289383
> >
> >- rm -rf /etc/sysconfig/hwconf (or mv ...)
> >- rm -rf /etc/modprobe.conf (...)
> >
> >- kudzu
> >=> will generate a new hwconf && modprobe.conf
> >
> >hint from alan cox some weeks/month ago here in the list(s)
> >
>
> This worked nicely. And now I'm using NetworkManager to get my wireless
> connection started, but I'm still faced with 2 problems:
>
> 1. NetworkManager doesn't set the hostname based on the dhcp information it
> gets back. My machine continues to be named 'localhost.localdomain'. If I
> am surfing my home wireless network, I want the hostname set to something
> different. Otherwise localhost.localdomain is okay.
Run "system-config-network &"
Pick the "DNS" tab. Set the hostname there.
That will set the host name at book, across multiple networks.
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