Tim wrote: >> it's rather annoying to be told something works automatically >> if in fact it doesn't work for you. >> It doesn't leave much room for advice on what to do about it. > > The answer's rather obvious: If it doesn't work for you, then use > something *else* that's not automatic. It's *always* been the case that > automatic /somethings/ aren't suitable for all situations (cars with > automatic transmissions have problems in some conditions, auto-focus > lenses make mistakes under many conditions, etc.). 1) NM is actually working fine for me. 2) I don't believe NM is "automatic", whatever that means. It is pretty obvious if you look at it that NM stores quite a lot of information. Also the minuscule NM documentation suggests that it does look at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ . 3) If I had an automatic car that did not work I would not be happy if the garage told me that the solution was to get another car. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
