NM fails to connect when booting ?? -[SOLVED]

[Kevin Kofler]

William Case wrote:
> I agree completely.  The problem seems to be in the NetworkManager
> Applet.  First, there is no manual.  Secondly, it seems to lack any
> ability to affect the function of NetworkManager -- at least at the
> simplest level.  I can't use it to disconnect, if for some reason I
> might want to (eg. tweaking, playing around, etc.).  Even when I use the
> edit function - "Edit Connections" - all the editable fields are greyed
> out.  To me that is where an ordinary user would think to alter the
> ifcfg-eth* script.  It seems to be just a front end gui for nm-tools
> which in turn is only a reporting program.

"Edit Connections" is for primarily editing per-user settings. I think
there's also a plugin for systemwide settings which can be edited at the
same place, but Fedora is using a plugin to use the existing
system-config-network settings instead, so you have to fire up
system-config-network to change systemwide settings.

        Kevin Kofler