Thanks. It turns out that the mistake was mine and I had the wrong device plugged in ! Very sorry for the noise :( On 4 September 2013 17:34, Rick Stevens <ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 09/03/2013 03:01 PM, Aaron Gray issued this missive: > >> Hi, >> >> "Error: connection activation failed: Device not managed by >> NetworkManager or unavailable" >> >> I am getting the above error and have tried all my normal mods to try >> and get a connection. >> >> I did move the SATA drive from one machine to another and back, >> changing the MAC address and putting it back in the process. >> >> I have tried adding 'NM_CONTROLLED="yes"' to >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-em1 >> >> but still am not able to get it to work. >> >> As I cannot connect to the internet on this device I cannot do any yum >> reinstalls. > > > Are you certain the device is still called "em1"? As root, try "ifconfig > -a". > > Several revisions ago many network devices were renamed based on the > bus they were on and where they appeared on the bus. For example, my > old "eth0" got renamed "p4p1". My "wlan0" card was also a candidate, > so I added a rule to "/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules" to > keep the old "wlan0" name. The rule looks like: > > # PCI device 0x8086:0x008a (iwlagn) > SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", > ATTR{address}=="bc:77:37:51:11:5c", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", > KERNEL=="wlan*", NAME="wlan0" > > You could do something similar. Note that the "bc:77:37:51:11:5c" > is the MAC address of my wireless card. You can extract that from the > "ifconfig -a" data...it's the thing listed after "ether" in the listing. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > - - > - I haven't lost my mind. It's backed up on tape somewhere, but - > - probably not recoverable. - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org