f15 start wired on boot?

[Tom Horsley]

> > > nm-connection-editor has support for configuring static IP information.
> > > Is that not working for you?
> > 
> > Certainly could not find anything on the network config dialog
> > available on the live CD image. Maybe it is there now after updates,
> > but I needed to config the static IP to get updates :-).
> 
> Try again if you have a moment.  nm-connection-editor (provided by
> NetworkManager-gnome) is available on the live image, and should allow
> you to configure a static IP connection.  If that's failing, that would
> be good to know.

So here's what appears to be happening:

Using the livecd on a usb stick, there was no ifcfg-em1 file
created.

The only app that appears in the control panel is not nm-connection-editor
but something that calls itself "Network Settings" (or something like
that anyway).

That app has an Options... button which is, apparently, always
disabled if there is no matching ifcfg-whatever file.

If I make an ifcfg-em1 file, the Options... button becomes enabled,
and when I press it, it does appear to bring up an app that
looks a great deal like nm-connection-editor, but there is no
GUI way to get there given the default configuration you get with
the live CD.

If I manually run nm-connection-editor from a terminal, I can create
the ifcfg file, so there doesn't appear to be any reason to have
the Options... button disabled.

A separate issue is that nm-connection-editor has one of the most
screwy interfaces I've ever tried to use to fill out fields in a
form. If I type the IP in the first field then hit TAB (the most natural
button in the world to hit to get to the next field), it erases
the IP address I just typed while moving to the next field.
Apparently I have to hit return rather than tab (but I'd expect
hitting return to be like hitting OK or Apply).

All in all, just editing the ifcfg file is simpler :-).