The mystery of WiFi

[Tod Merley]

On Dec 31, 2007 4:24 AM, Timothy Murphy <tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
> Tod Merley wrote:
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> >> How does Fedora now decide what interfaces to try to bring up?
>
> > I believe they are using an automated environment overseen by
> > NetworkManager.
> >
> > To play in a bit more static environment (from gnome desktop):
> >
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> Actually, I'm almost certain I wasn't running NetworkManager (NM)
> on the computer in question.

Hi Timothy Murphy!

Easy to find out:
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[tod at localhost ~]$ ps aux | grep Net ; ps aux | grep nm
root      2139  0.0  0.3  14680  1668 ?        Ssl  12:39   0:00
NetworkManager --pid-file=/var/run/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.pid
tod       3412  0.0  0.1   4008   716 pts/0    S+   13:54   0:00 grep Net
tod       2520  0.1  5.0  58744 25804 ?        S    12:40   0:06
nm-applet --sm-disable
tod       3414  0.0  0.1   4008   716 pts/0    S+   13:54   0:00 grep nm
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Have Fun!

Tod