Problem with NetworkManager (self-inflicted)

[Robert Nichols]

On 01/31/2011 07:45 AM, Dick Roark wrote:
> It all started with Puppy Linux 5.2.  I setup a LiveCD and jumped in to
> get familiar with it.  I had some trouble with connectivity.  I
> eventually got around to trying my linksys Wireless-G dongle.  This
> showed some promise although I was unable to find the correct Puppy
> driver for the dongle and eventually removed the Wireless-G and shelved
> that project.   Later on, I tried to log on with Fedora and found that
> NetworkManager was now unusable.  Okay, after fiddling around with it
> for a while, I did a complete reinstall of Fedora (including
> reformatting the disk) and low-and-behold NetworkManager still doesn't
> work. I would have thought the Fedora reinstall would have installed the
> correct driver but apparently it didn't. I am able to send this because
> I have plugged the Wireless-G back in. (aargh!)   Has anyone ever seen
> this sort of thing?

The only thing like that that happens to me is with one laptop where, if
I happen to plug in the ethernet cable at just the wrong time during the
BIOS power-on initialization, the ethernet port gets seriously b0rked
and I have to turn off power and unplug the battery for 10 seconds or so
to get everything working again.

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