New subject: active connection problem

2 Oct 2008

      --- On Fri, 10/3/08, Tim ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au wrote:
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From: Tim ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au
Subject: Re: active connection problem
To: fredsilsbee@yahoo.com, "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." fedora-list@redhat.com
Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 2:52 AM
On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 18:39 -0700, Fred Silsbee wrote:
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I am going blind. I have looked through the popup menu
for KDE 4.1.1
...
until I turned green but I do not see Network Manager.
I'll just say this up front:  It really pays to say
which window manager
you're using, especially if not the default Gnome,
it'll affect how
other people provide information.  I don't use KDE, but
I do try it out
from time to time.
...
yumex says it is installed...maybe it is a gnome thing
No, not really.
...
I found network config and network device control but
no network
...
manager.
"NetworkManager" is a service, likewise is
"network", they run in the
background, managing your network interfaces for you.  You
can find them
listed in whatever shows you a list of running services
[1].  There are
tools for configuring them, or simply bringing already
configured
interfaces up and down, that are separate.  And you can
find ones made
for Gnome and KDE.

e.g. system-config-services  (graphical tool)
e.g. chkconfig --list        (chkconfig is a command

line tool)
However, I think you *might* not want automatic network
configuration,
since you discussed setting IP address, netmask, gateway,
etc.  If
that's the case, that you want manual configuration,
you're better off
to turn off the NetworkManager service, and the network
service on.
Then, you can use something [2] to manually set up your
network.

e.g. system-config-network    (a graphical tool)

Do you know how to start and stop services, and to set
which ones will
be started automatically?
When I composed the email reply, I made a particular point of saying which window manager I was using:
as follows:
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I am going blind. I have looked through the popup menu for KDE 4.1.1
Yes I know how to start/configure a service. I already use httpd and mysqld. Being a programmer I have programmed services.
I saw the term "network manager" and decided to educate myself.
Somewhere somebody said "network manager" was a new addition so I decided to learn about it.
Whether or not I need it is immaterial. After I learn about it I may later need it.
Simple?
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[tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r
2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686
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