Problem with NetworkManager (self-inflicted)

[Harish Pillay]

> 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?

Actually, the easier way is to do the following:

yum reinstall NetworkManager*

and it will replace the existing NetworkManager.

I actually don't understand the issue you are facing.  Your machine has
some OS installed in the harddisk or are you working entirely off of a
liveCD?

Harish