F9 and NetworkManager?

[Mike Chambers]

On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 10:07 -0700, Knute Johnson wrote:
> I installed F9 on an old computer that only has 256M of RAM.  I did a 
> text mode install and it worked fine.  One interesting thing is that if 
> you do a text mode install, gdm is apparently not installed.  Anyway, 
> when I start up X, the NetworkManager is running but it doesn't enable 
> my wired connection.  I've played around with the menus and put in the 
> MAC address but that had no effect.  I'm sure I'm missing something 
> simple but I need a hint.

Try running system-config-network and configure your connection there
initially, and save.  Just don't start the network service.  Once it's
saved (you may need to reboot) you can try restarting/redoing NM to see
if it sees it then.  You also need to check the "let NM control it" box
as well.

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Mike Chambers
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