On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Mike Evans <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >>> It strikes me that something is *really* broken with Network Manager. >>> Other services wait until they start before returning to the next item >>> in the startup sequence. Network Manager seems to be returning as >>> ready, before it is, and buggering up other things that follow. >> >> ---- > > My experience with NM is that it starts, but doesn't actually do anything > until you get a gnome/KDE login, particularly for wireless connections. Way > too late for any network activity during the init sequence. > > For machines with a wired connection I have been in the habit of disabling > NM and using the good old network service. Works like a dream and doesn't > need tampering with. You can do that through the Admin->services gui if you > don't like fiddling with the links in the init directories. > > Having said that I'm still on Fedora 8, so things may have improved. > (Doesn't sound like it though!) > > Mike > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > I run a laptop and BOINC, but no NetworkManager, and just wanted to mention that I didn't have any problem with the yum package on F9 x86_64. Oh, and I highly recommend using the one of the boinc account manangers: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/AccountManagers Glad to hear got the issue resolved, jcvlz -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list