F13: How to enable NetworkManager system connection?

Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com
Sat Jun 12 22:30:20 UTC 2010


On Saturday 12 June 2010 02:28 PM, Sam Sharpe wrote:
> On 12 June 2010 22:16, Suvayu Ali<fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Saturday 12 June 2010 01:52 PM, Andrea wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> It does not seem possible to create a wifi system connection with network manager.
>>> The option is greyed out.
>>>
>>> How do I enable it?
>>>
>>
>> You can try enabling it by directly editing the configuration file. You
>> should be able to find the appropriate network device file under
>>
>> /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-*
>>
>> You need to add a line like this,
>>
>> ONBOOT=yes
>
> This has almost nothing to do with NetworkManager, Wifi or the OP's question.
>

Didn't the OP want a wifi connection to be available to _everyone_, but 
was unable to set it up because the option was greyed out? I thought 
this was how you achieved that from the terminal, or am I missing something?

-- 
Suvayu

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