Update Problems

[Rick Stevens]

Dave Feustel wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 03:01:29PM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
>> Dave Feustel wrote:
>>>>>> Are you using Network Manager, and if so is NM managing your interface?
>>>> 1. Is there a nm-applet in the upper panel on the left?
>>>> 2. Check what:chkconfig --list |grep NetworkManager returns
>>> I don't understand either point 1 or point 2; I do almost everything via
>>> the command line in xterm. Could you elaborate?
>> If you have a /var/run/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.pid file, then
>> NetworkManager is running.  That's probably the most reliable way.
>>
>> If you're in a GUI, look around in the taskbars and see if there's an
>> icon that looks like two computers, one in front of the other.  Right
>> click on it and select "About" from the drop-down menu.
>>
>> If the About box says "NetworkManager Applet", then NetworkManager is
>> running.  If it says "Network Monitor" then NetworkManager is NOT
>> running.  The problem is that the icon for the NetworkManager applet and
>> the one for Network Monitor are damned near identical.  It's caught me
>> by surprise before.
> 
> Thanks for this. I actually understand it!

Good!  :-)

> There is an icon on the upper panel next to the date which, when I put
> the mouse cursor over it, displays the message "no network connection".
> As I mentioned in a previous post, the system stopped connecting at
> boot, and I got internet connectivity by executing dhclient. Obviously,
> that command by itself does not properly set network connectivity and
> I have not figured out yet how to fix the broken step in bootup.

Well, we still don't know if it's NetworkManager (NM for short) or if
you're using ye ol' network stuff.  My guess is it's NM (the "About"
will tell you).

If it's NM, then make sure "Enable Networking" is checkmarked (right 
click on icon).  If it isn't then NM won't try to manage the network and
that may be where you're having issues.  If it's not checked, right 
click on the NM applet icon and left-click on the "Enable Networking"
option.  Then wait a few seconds to see if it fires up.
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