Fresh install, no network

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

I just did a fresh install of F14-RC1 (i.e. the gold version, x86_64)
with default options and have no network. My F13 system on the same h/w
and net had no problems. This is a bog-standard wired Ethernet using
DHCP to a Belkin hub. The net itself is fine as other machines can
connect, but F14 is dead. The "Edit Connections" dialogue is completely
normal, IPv4, DHCP for everything etc.

Attempting to run nm-applet gives a mysterious message about "Could not
get the session bus". It then dumps core.

This is about as uncomplicated a setup as it's possible to imagine, and
yet it doesn't work out of the box. I hate to carp about free software,
but how can this not have been caught in testing? (Yes I know, but we
don't all have the time and resources to test the new stuff before
release).

poc

PS Sending from my F13 netbook on the exact same network.