On 03/27/2011 05:27 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote: > On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 03:58:06PM +0200, Ralf Ertzinger wrote: >> Hi. >> >> On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:48:14 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote >>> NM supports static IPs these days. So I think that rather than >>> hacking around NM, you should just fix the IP inside NM's >>> configuration and have NM work FOR you rather than AGAINST you. >> >> I'm sorry, but by the time I have clicked through the GUI to do >> that I have configured the interface via ip, did what I wanted to >> do and unconfigured the interface again. >> >> I uncheck "Enable networking" in nm-applet before doing that, >> and for me that makes NM keep it's grubby paws off my manually >> configured interface, so I'm not complaining. > > You don't need to use the GUI. Just edit > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* with a static IP and NM will > pick it up right away and configure it. And how to tweak /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* (and/or /etc/sysconfig/network) for static IPs such that NM sets hostname/domainname correctly? I have never got this working correctly. In all cases, I've tried either "hostname -f" or "hostname" did not work. Ralf -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel