Re: Network Adaptor conundrums

2010-05-07 Thread Petrus de Calguarium
Marko Vojinovic wrote: > I think you should select the 'activate when computer starts' checkbox, > and save settings. AFAIK, NetworkManager should also respect this setting. > Try it and reboot, hopefully it will connect as you want it to (using NM). Having 2 computers is often helpful, especiall

Re: Network Adaptor conundrums

2010-05-07 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Friday 07 May 2010 02:54:29 Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > About system-config-network... > > Yes, of course I examined it right after rebooting with the new motherboard > and not having any internet. So, I will tell you what I see, now that I do > have internet (but I have to click the applet t

Re: Network Adaptor conundrums

2010-05-06 Thread Petrus de Calguarium
John Aldrich wrote: > Just wondering, but what have you got against system-config-network? About system-config-network... Yes, of course I examined it right after rebooting with the new motherboard and not having any internet. So, I will tell you what I see, now that I do have internet (but I

Re: Network Adaptor conundrums

2010-05-06 Thread Petrus de Calguarium
John Aldrich wrote: > Just wondering, but what have you got against system-config-network? It > does a find job on my system of controlling the network and my network > always comes on whenever the system starts. I am not sure that I have anything against system-config-network. It is the old way

Re: Network Adaptor conundrums

2010-05-06 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu May 6 2010, Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > John Aldrich wrote: > > I may be mistaken, but NM_Controlled sounds like it's managed by > > Network Manager and system-config-network is a different beast, and > > you can set devices to come up at boot there. > > Yes, you are right, of course. I h

Re: Network Adaptor conundrums

2010-05-06 Thread Petrus de Calguarium
John Aldrich wrote: > I may be mistaken, but NM_Controlled sounds like it's managed by Network > Manager and system-config-network is a different beast, and you can set > devices to come up at boot there. Yes, you are right, of course. I have seen that, too, and I understand what it does. I am

Re: Network Adaptor conundrums

2010-05-06 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu May 6 2010, Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > > Devices configured through system-config-network can be configured to > > start up on system boot. > > The device is set to NM_CONTROLLED in ifcfg-eth0, but I still have to > click to get a connection. With my previous h

Re: Network Adaptor conundrums

2010-05-06 Thread Petrus de Calguarium
Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > Devices configured through system-config-network can be configured to > start up on system boot. The device is set to NM_CONTROLLED in ifcfg-eth0, but I still have to click to get a connection. With my previous hardware, it simply connected automatically. I have not c

Re: Network Adaptor conundrums

2010-05-06 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 05/06/2010 02:05 PM, Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > How do I make the network device eth0 get IP address 192.168.1.64, which is > what it used to be, instead of 192.168.1.70, which is what it is getting now? Fix your DHCP server. Seriously, if it is an allocated address and you don't like it,

Network Adaptor conundrums

2010-05-06 Thread Petrus de Calguarium
How do I make the network device eth0 get IP address 192.168.1.64, which is what it used to be, instead of 192.168.1.70, which is what it is getting now? How do I make the network start automatically at login, instead of me having to click the 'System eth0' icon in knetworkmanager in the system