Re: Preview Release & NetworkManager

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On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 21:40 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday 26 April 2008 20:38:53 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 19:19 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > On Saturday 26 April 2008 19:03, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > On Saturday 26 April 2008 17:18, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > > > I've no idea if this will work, but:
> > > > >
> > > > > Copy the /boot stuff (vmlinux, initrd, System.map and config) from
> > > > > the Live CD into your installed /boot. Also /lib/modules, same thing.
> > > > > Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf to *add* (not replace) the Live CD version
> > > > > of the kernel as a boot-time option.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cross fingers and reboot, selecting the appropriate version.
> > > >
> > > > Patrick, I'm close to calling quits.  I've fought this constantly for
> > > > 10 days now, and given it huge slices of  my time.  No-one has added
> > > > any comment to my bug report, so it's quite possible that there is no
> > > > other example of this PCMCIA adapter still being used in linux.  I have
> > > > to wonder whether it's worth knocking myself out any more.
> >
> > I hear you. I have no problem generating random suggestions, but it's
> > not costing me much :-) Here's another one: try a different model PCMCIA
> > card. Your call.
> >
> I've already tried quite a few.  If I've time tomorrow I'll try a few more.  I 
> do have a case to pack, though :-)
> 
> > > Somewhere along the line I must have managed it as 'lsmod | grep pcnet'
> > > returns
> > >
> > > pcnet_cs	38704	0
> > > 8390	11776	1 pcnet_cs
> > >
> > > However, 'Network is unreachable'.  What now?
> >
> > Are you running Network Manager? Click on the icon and again on the line
> > that identifies your connection. It should restart the interface.
> >
> When the LiveCD was running, that's how I did it.  On the Install it just says 
> no interfaces.

You may have to explicitly associate the interface with NM. I remember
having to do that in F8 (though not in F9-Pre). IIRC you do it via
system-network-manager, presumably without touching anything else.

> > If not running NM, do 'ifdown <interface>; ifup <interface'. That's
> > assuming you haven't changed anything else of course.
> >
> I tried a reboot, but I didn't actually try that.  I will in the morning, 
> providing I can make time.

Luck.

poc

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