On 17 Nov 2011, at 16:24, Rogan Creswick wrote: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Joshua Lock <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm sorry, but I have to call FUD here. The reason John didn't have >> wireless *configured* in his recovery session is because it was.... a >> recovery session. > > Ah, I wasn't thinking about the recovery session, and I'll admit that > my network-less experiences have been with Ubuntu and Debian, and also > with wifi. It's not clear from the OP's description of problems > whether the working internet is wired or not, since both have featured > in this thread. I would be surprised if fedora is able to connect to > an WAP that was configured via a user-space GUI prior to anyone > logging in.
NetworkManager lets you configure connections as "system-wide" rather than per-user. It may even be the default, I don't recall. > Power management is another thing entirely -- I've had continual > problems with suspend/resume on Fedora 15, Debian and Ubuntu for the > last 2-3 years. I can't recall a recent distro that would properly > suspend/resume before someone logged in. > Perhaps you've had better luck, I still worry about snapping a laptop > shut and putting it straight into a bag w/out confirming that it is > actually turning off. Can't disagree here. I've had a colleague kill a battery in a Lenovo laptop as it was in his bag "suspended". Joshua _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
