f8: NetworkManager + runlevel 3 problem
Aaron Konstam
akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Fri Nov 9 12:53:48 UTC 2007
On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 16:24 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Dario Lesca wrote:
> > In F8 on a PC-A I have start NetworkManager + NetworkManagerDispatcher.
> >
> >>From another pc (PC-B), via ssh connection, i switch PC-A from runlever
> > 5 to 3 via "init 3"
> >
> > Network is stop. my shell on PC-B stop work!
> > grrrr!
> >
> > then I goto on console of PC-A and "service network restart"
> >
> > come back to my PC-B, my shell now work!
> >
> > do some work (in runlevel 3)
> >
> > then re-switch PC-A (via ssh from PC-B) to runlevel 5 via "init 5"
> >
> > Network is stop. my shell on PC-B stop work!
> > grrrr!
> >
> > Is this a correct behavior?
> >
> > Is NM incompatible with runlevel 3 ?
> >
> > Thanks to all for your reply!!
>
> Are you using static IP or DHCP? If you are using a static IP,
> NetworkManager doesn't yet support it but will so shortly even possibly
> within a Fedora 8 update. Refer
>
> http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2007/10/15/networkmanager-07-is-the-new-chuck-norris/
>
> NetworkManager is a deamon that works fine in runlevel 3. There is no
> fundamental incompatibility there though most people use it in a desktop
> environment. One of the planned features for Fedora 9 is drop the
> inconsistency between the network service and NetworkManager service.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/9/FeatureList
>
> Rahul
Now I am confused. The whole point of NetworkManager revolves around the
use of the nm-applet, which does not work in run level 3.
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