Problem setting up wired networking

[Jesse Keating]

On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 08:12 -0500, Steve Thompson wrote:
> A problem is that for the very simplest of configurations (a system with 
> one single hardwired interface that doesn't roam), NM does not work. At 
> all.

Where is the bug report for this so that we can see the details of what
you're trying to do, where NetworkManager is failing, and what we can do
to fix this in the future?

>  I have a humble collection of about 30 Fedora machines in my 
> business; four of them are F9 and the rest are earlier versions. I have no 
> Linux laptops at all; nearly all of the several hundred boxes that I have 
> managed are of this simple configuration. NM does not work in this 
> situation; the hostname never gets set. On the F9 systems, turning off 
> NetworkManager and turning on network also does not work; the hostname is 
> supplied by the DHCP server, but the hostname on the box gets set to the 
> formatted IP address (eg '192.168.1.201').

Wait, so you turn off NetworkManager and the legacy network service
still doesn't work for you?  That doesn't sound like a NetworkManager
situation then, that sounds like something different.  Is there a bug
against this configuration as well?

>  If I have a small army of 
> machines to configure, I need to have every image be installed via PXE and 
> be identical, with no hostname/DNS configured on any box; I could do this 
> with F6/F7/F8, but not F9. I am certainly willing to listen to any advice 
> to help get this working, as I don't appear to be able to do it. I have to 
> log in to every box after installation and set the hostname; doing it in a 
> %post section should not be necessary. And I'm not sure that I like the 
> sound of "the *old* network service". What happens when that goes away?

Currently there are no plans to remove the legacy network service.  Such
plans would be met with such wailing and gnashing of teeth (:

Honestly though it sounds like something else unrelated to
NetworkManager has regressed with F9 and I'd like to see that get fixed.
Please do file bugs with the details of what you're trying to do and
what you're seeing so that we can address it.  cc me on the bugs if you
like.

-- 
Jesse Keating
Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature!
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