Fedora and NetworkManager Quesiton

[bob smith]

Steve Searle wrote:
> Around 02:28am on Sunday, November 23, 2008 (UK time), bob smith scrawled:
>
>   
>> Working with 386 boxes, and getting ready to upgrade to
>> FC9 on alpha boxes - but .... I am getting perturbed with networkmanager .
>>
>> Great tool for folks who want things to be simple and easy but
>> it is not what I need .
>>
>> Lots of issues with the way this is so smart - doing things it thinks are
>> right and not what I want.  I have figured out how to shut it off, but
>> I have not figured out how to avoid installing it or not installing it 
>> at all.
>>
>> Is there some way to set up the install so that nerworkmanager is NOT
>> installed at all?
>>     
>
> You may be able to deselect it, but it could get tangled up with
> dependencies.
>
> Why not do an install, and then revert to the old network service once
> the install has fininshed - that's what I do.
>
> #  chkconfig NetworkManager off
> #  chkconfig network on
>
> Then reboot or stop and start the respective services.
>
> Steve
>
>   
Steve, Thanks!
that is what I do, but wanted to whine a little about it and see if some 
big
brain could think of an easy way to create a check box to install or not...
Yes, your suggesttion works, but I don't have anything to complain about 
then!!
thanks
bob

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