"Error: connection activation failed: Device not managed by NetworkManager or unavailable" after moving machine

Aaron Gray aaronngray.lists at gmail.com
Wed Sep 4 14:27:02 UTC 2013


Thanks, been down those routes.

On 4 September 2013 08:49, g <geleem at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>
> On 09/03/2013 05:01 PM, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> "Error: connection activation failed: Device not managed by
>> NetworkManager or unavailable"
>>
>> I am getting the above error and have tried all my normal mods to try
>> and get a connection.
>>
>> I did move the SATA drive from one machine to another and back,
>> changing the MAC address and putting it back in the process.
>>
>> I have tried adding 'NM_CONTROLLED="yes"' to
>> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-em1
>>
>> but still am not able to get it to work.
>>
>> As I cannot connect to the internet on this device I cannot do any yum
>> reinstalls.
>>
>> Hope you can help,
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>
> sometimes the quickest way to find an answer is to first check forums for
> a similar problem to find an answer to a problem.
>
> when that fails, using an internet search engine can work.
>
> i chose the latter with ixquick.com, results was 27 hits;
>
> https://ixquick.com/do/search?q=%22Error%3A+connection+activation+failed%3A+Device+not+managed+by+NetworkManager+or+unavailable%22&lui=english
>
> watch for line wrap.
>
>
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