F9 and NetworkManager?

[Knute Johnson]

Mike Chambers wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 10:07 -0700, Knute Johnson wrote:
>> I installed F9 on an old computer that only has 256M of RAM.  I did a 
>> text mode install and it worked fine.  One interesting thing is that if 
>> you do a text mode install, gdm is apparently not installed.  Anyway, 
>> when I start up X, the NetworkManager is running but it doesn't enable 
>> my wired connection.  I've played around with the menus and put in the 
>> MAC address but that had no effect.  I'm sure I'm missing something 
>> simple but I need a hint.
> 
> Try running system-config-network and configure your connection there
> initially, and save.  Just don't start the network service.  Once it's
> saved (you may need to reboot) you can try restarting/redoing NM to see
> if it sees it then.  You also need to check the "let NM control it" box
> as well.
> 

I don't know why but after doing system-config-network it works fine.  I 
didn't change anything but it works.

Thanks,

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Knute Johnson
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