On Monday 08 March 2010 16:36:25 Martin Kho wrote: > On Monday 08 March 2010 17:17:51 Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Monday 08 March 2010 16:09:44 Patrick Boutilier wrote: > > > On 03/08/2010 12:06 PM, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > On Monday 08 March 2010 15:55:45 Anne Wilson wrote: > > > >> On Monday 08 March 2010 14:37:47 Thomas Janssen wrote: > > > >>> Do try the NetoworkManager-gnome (nm-applet). I had a different > > > >>> problem, not solvable with knetworkmanager, but with nm-applet. > > > >> > > > >> I could try it again, but of course the reason I was trying knetwork > > > >> manager was because NetworkManager-gnome wasn't working. Still, > > > >> it's worth a try, since I tried to change over before the 4.4.1 > > > >> update. I'll report back. > > > > > > > > Is there no way of restarting things like this, without rebooting? > > > > It's beginning to feel like windows! AIUI the command 'service > > > > network restart' can't be used if NetworkManager-gnome is to control > > > > it. Is that right? > > > > > > service NetworkManager restart > > > > service NetworkManager restart > > Stopping NetworkManager daemon: [ OK ] > > Setting network parameters... [ OK ] > > Starting NetworkManager daemon: [ OK ] > > [root at anne-laptop ~]# ifup eth0 > > > > Determining IP information for eth0...dhclient(6296) is already running - > > exiting. > > > > This version of ISC DHCP is based on the release available > > on ftp.isc.org. Features have been added and other changes > > have been made to the base software release in order to make > > it work better with this distribution. > > > > Please report for this software via the Red Hat Bugzilla site: > > http://bugzilla.redhat.com > > > > exiting. > > > > failed. > > > > I think I'm beaten. > > > > Just one thought - I have no idea why, but on this laptop eth0 is defined > > as the wireless interface and eth1 is the cabled one. I didn't do this - > > the setup did - but I'm beginning to wonder whether it's relevant. > > What have in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth[0,1]? Do they exist? > Experimenting in system-config-network I changed eth0 to wlan0, but ifup wlan0 gives the same errors. ifcfg-wlan0 # Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ONBOOT=yes DNS2=212.23.3.100 TYPE=Wireless DNS1=192.168.0.1 NM_CONTROLLED=yes USERCTL=yes PEERDNS=yes IPV6INIT=yes MODE=Managed RATE=auto ESSID= CHANNEL= (the firmware is installed) ifcfg-eth1 # Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet DEVICE=eth1 BOOTPROTO=dhcp HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet IPV6INIT=no USERCTL=no Anne -- KDE Community Working Group New to KDE Software? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/kde/attachments/20100308/f34f9721/attachment.bin