On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 00:02 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-04-27 at 10:35 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 19:25 -0400, Louis E Garcia II wrote:
> > > First NetworkManager fails to come up at boot. One needs to restart the
> > > service.
> > >
> > > NetworkManager doesn't work with static ip. After fc9 desktop install
> > > with a stacic ip I disabled network service and enabled Network manager.
> > > I get system eth0 and auto ethernet in the nm-applet. system eth0
> > > connects but can't get to the internet seems the nameservers are missing
> > > and the broadcast is 0. With system-config-network under DNS the values
> > > are always missing even when I enter them and save. /etc/resolv.conf is
> > > empty.
> > >
> > > Why does nm-applet have both system eth0 and auto ethernet?
> >
> > I presume the intent is that "system eth0" is for a static IP and "auto
> > ethernet" is for NM-controlled DHCP.
> >
> > So far (with F8), I haven't been able to get the "system wlan0" to
> > connect wirelessly with the network I defined (hidden SSID, WEP, DHCP),
> > but the auto connection works fine for the same network. (Haven't
> > tested all that recently, either, though.)
>
> Hmm; would be interesting to see ifcfg-wlan0 then... and to compare it
> with what's in GConf for the auto connection.
$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
# Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
DEVICE=wlan0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=no
HWADDR=00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
NETMASK=
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
IPADDR=
DOMAIN=
TYPE=Wireless
USERCTL=yes
PEERDNS=yes
IPV6INIT=no
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
ESSID=cuairnet
CHANNEL=1
MODE=Managed
RATE=Auto
In GConf:
$ cat connection/%gconf.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
<entry name="timestamp" mtime="1208978050"
type="string">
<stringvalue>1208978050</stringvalue>
</entry>
<entry name="autoconnect" mtime="1208978050" type="bool"
value="true">
</entry>
<entry name="type" mtime="1208978050" type="string">
<stringvalue>802-11-wireless</stringvalue>
</entry>
<entry name="id" mtime="1208978050" type="string">
<stringvalue>cuairnet</stringvalue>
</entry>
</gconf>
$ cat 802-11-wireless/%gconf.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
<entry name="seen-bssids" mtime="1208978050" type="list"
ltype="string">
<li type="string">
<stringvalue>00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX</stringvalue>
</li>
[...18 more MACs deleted...]
</entry>
<entry name="security" mtime="1208978050" type="string">
<stringvalue>802-11-wireless-security</stringvalue>
</entry>
<entry name="mtu" mtime="1208978050" type="int"
value="0">
</entry>
<entry name="tx-power" mtime="1208978050" type="int"
value="0">
</entry>
<entry name="rate" mtime="1208978050" type="int"
value="0">
</entry>
<entry name="channel" mtime="1208978050" type="int"
value="0">
</entry>
<entry name="ssid" mtime="1208978050" type="list"
ltype="int">
<li type="int" value="99">
</li>
<li type="int" value="117">
</li>
<li type="int" value="97">
</li>
<li type="int" value="105">
</li>
<li type="int" value="114">
</li>
<li type="int" value="110">
</li>
<li type="int" value="101">
</li>
<li type="int" value="116">
</li>
</entry>
</gconf>
$ cat 802-11-wireless-security/%gconf.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
<entry name="auth-alg" mtime="1208978050" type="string">
<stringvalue>open</stringvalue>
</entry>
<entry name="wep-tx-keyidx" mtime="1208978050"
type="int" value="0">
</entry>
<entry name="key-mgmt" mtime="1208978050" type="string">
<stringvalue>none</stringvalue>
</entry>
</gconf>
There's another connection entry for this same ESSID as well. In fact,
several connections have duplicate entries in the Network Connections
pop-up in nm-applet. Some say "Auto <SSID>" and some say just "<SSID>".
None of the duplicates have ever been connected.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
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Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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