Thanks very much Jeff; On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 11:51 -0800, Jeff Spaleta wrote: [snip] > > where is dhclient-eth0.conf exactly? It is exactly at: /etc/dhclient-eth0.conf > I think you should just remove it since I dont think such a file > exists for default operation. Find where it is, and if you want a > backup of it to use later.. for more experimenting...just move it > to /root/ for now instead of deleting it. I have taken your advice and moved it to /root/MoveAsides/dhclient-eth0.conf Should I do the same with /etc/dhcp6c.conf ? Currently the file dhcp6c.conf exists but is completely commented out. > > The applet appear's to function correctly. > > > So if the applet appears to function correctly...does the network > appear to work as expected? > Not sure. I had a couple of problems with shutdown ( shutdown got stuck at tomcat5 and I had to turn off the computer manually) and boincmgr coming up at re-boot but on third try everything worked fine. May or may not be related to NetworkManager. > As additional referrence: > /etc/hosts > # Do not remove the following line, or various programs > # that require network functionality will fail. > 127.0.0.1 CASE localhost.localdomain localhost > ::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 > > /etc/resolv.conf > # generated by NetworkManager, do not edit! > > nameserver 192.168.1.1 > > i take it 192.168.1.1 is the ip of your router? > Yes it is. > > ]$ route > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric > Ref Use > Iface > 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 > 0 0 > eth0 > default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 > 0 0 > eth0 > > looks fine as long as 192.168.1.1 is the router. > Then it is fine. > > Does NetworkManager have a separate configuration file? If > so, where is > it? > The simplest answer is no... NM doesn't have a single configuration > file that can be compared to something like ifcfg-eth0. > > I believe NM makes use of gconf for per-user configs about > 'connections' as well as gnome-keyring for network passwords. If you > want to explore NM's configs as a user you might want to install > gconf-editor and use the gui to explore the network related items you > can edit instead of working with the gconf files directly or using the > cmdline tools. I have had gconf-editor since I first installed F9. There is no listing of NetworkManager or anything with network in its name or as a key value that is related to network or networkmanager or NM or such. Nor is there any 'connections'. One entry, /apps/nautilus/desktop/network_icon_visible, is unmarked i.e. false. That's it. Double checked ~/.gconf. Nothing there either. > When you interact with NM via the applet as a logged in user, you are > working with the user configs in the user's gconf registry..not a set > of system defaults. > Only key found with find "connections" /apps/gnome-session/options/allow_tcp_connections Unmarked [false] > Before you go messing around with gconf stuff I would suggest you back > up your user's .gconf and .gconfd directories. If you make a mistake > you can just put the backups back into place kill the gconfd service > daemon and have things back in order. > First I had better find out where my NM stuff is in .gconf. I have completely eyeballed the file and searched using as many criteria as *I* can think of and no luck. All suggestions welcome. > The most important thing when poking at your system's configurations > directly via the cmdline or advanced ui tools..is to make sure you > back things up before you start the 'learning' process. And by back up > I mean directory structures you plan to add or remove or edit files > under. If you add a file and you don't take notes about what you > added.. the only sure way to make sure you remove the files is to > refresh the directory entirely to a specific known state.. not just > copy in versions of pre-existing files. Very good advice. But pardon my apparent stupidity, I am not yet sure where the current gconf configurations are. By the way; I have been having problems with gnome desktop, nautilus and friends for a couple of weeks now. The trashcan was removed from my desktop and re-marking it to be visible does not return it to the desktop, etc. All minor problems, but annoying -- I hadn't thought of them being connected to NetworkManager. Perhaps the non-appearance of NM configuration in gconf-editor and .gconf is related to this problem > > There is no automatic 'undo all the changes I shouldn't have made > button' when editing configs. Backup...poke your system with a stick > till you kill it...reload from the backup..repeat. > Thanks Jeff; I am used to doing that kind of stuff. I have been poking around Linux for three years now, so I have learnt the hard way. -- Regards Bill; Fedora 9, Gnome 2.22.3 Evo.2.22.3.1, Emacs 22.2.1 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
