Dan Williams skrev: > On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 17:27 +0100, Bjorge Solli wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I'm trying to set up NM on Fedora 8 x86 and used yum to install the >> NetworkManager[-gnome] packages. >> >> If I use 'chkconfig NetworkManager on' or start NetworkManager manually >> with the init.d-script, it results in the eth0 (cabled network) going >> down. Is there a way to get it to keep the existing connections? >> > > No; when you start NetworkManager it will begin managing your > connections. Is this a machine that you wish to leave unattended with > network access? > See I was a bit unclear. NM may take the network down as long as it takes it up again. I have network login and if no network is available noone can log in.
The strange thing is that I cannot even log in as root (not in gdm nor in text console), I had to reboot into runlevel 1 to do a chkconfig NetworkManager off! I really don't understand why root was denied as network is not needed for that. Bjørge _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
