NM fails to connect when booting ?? -[SOLVED]

Mike Chambers mike at miketc.net
Wed Mar 18 09:49:02 UTC 2009


On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 00:24 -0400, William Case wrote:

> I agree completely.  The problem seems to be in the NetworkManager
> Applet.  First, there is no manual.  Secondly, it seems to lack any
> ability to affect the function of NetworkManager -- at least at the
> simplest level.  I can't use it to disconnect, if for some reason I
> might want to (eg. tweaking, playing around, etc.).  Even when I use the
> edit function - "Edit Connections" - all the editable fields are greyed
> out.  To me that is where an ordinary user would think to alter the
> ifcfg-eth* script.  It seems to be just a front end gui for nm-tools
> which in turn is only a reporting program.

Can't you just right click and uncheck the box that has "Enabled
Networking" to turn it off and then recheck again when want back online?

-- 
Mike Chambers
Madisonville, KY

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