fedora 8 network start behavior

[Vivek J. Patankar]

Jonathan Horne wrote:
> however, ive noticied that the eth0 doesnt become active until i finally log 
> in...   not good!  primary function of this box will be to host my vmware 
> server, so i need to be able to WOL the box, and expect normal "server" 
> behavior.

I think NetworkManager is the culprit here.

  # chkconfig NetworkManager off; service NetworkManager stop
  # chkconfig network on; service network start

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Regards,
विवेक ज. पाटणकर (Vivek J. Patankar)

Registered Linux User #374218
Fedora release 8 (Werewolf)
Linux 2.6.23.8-63.fc8 x86_64