On Monday 10 November 2008 21:22:55 Michal Jaegermann wrote:
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 07:39:17PM +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> I've just completed an install of a rawhide snapshot, approximately one
> week old. I was not able to configure the network during the install, so
> I'm doing it now. Unusually, the wireless network has set up without a
> problem but the wired connection is failing to set. The 'OK' remains
> greyed out.
Do not let NetworkManager to handle your static connections. It
will mess up badly. OTOH it is quite possible that you run into
that bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459017
It's very odd. System-config-nework shows all the correct settings for static
IP, but 'Activate' has no effect
> Is it necessary to give a MAC address during setup?
No.
> I confess I don't know
> how to get it until I have a connection.
'ip link' will show that but you should not care.
OK, thanks
Anne