On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 02:02:52PM -0600, David R. Wilson wrote: > Hello Howard, > > Check /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/.
Seconded. NetworkMangler does bad things to the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ethX interface definition files at times. > I have been using CentOS on some stuff for a while, but not the desktop > version. If I was guessing I would not be surprised if they are using CentOS is CentOS; desktop vs server is for the most part irrelevant as far as network configuration goes with the except of NetworkMangler. > something in the way of NetworkManager, which I have found to be a very > evil problem in the past. NetworkMangler should not be installed on any system that one expects or requires stability / reliability. yum erase NetworkManager; watch the deps it wants to remove, but it should be ok overall. > I forget what I installed on the laptop as an alternative, but I got > really tired of fixing the problems (which are most likely now fixed) in > the NetworkManager program. There are still issues with NetworkMangler and I suspect there always will be for the lifetime of C5; C6 should be based on Fedora 11 or 12 (likely 12) so while it may see some improvements in this arena I personally wouldn't hold my breath. If, for some reason, your NIC is not supported give the ElRepo third-party repository a look; it's where we point people that have hardware requirements that the stock C4/C5 kernels do not support. You can find more information about this repo, and the others, at the following url. *Please* pay attention to the section on yum-priorities (ignore the junk at the top of the wiki article, you *must* use priorities with most of the third-party repos unless you want the C4/C5 base stomped on: http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories John -- If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known. -- George C. Marshall (1880 - 1959), American military leader and statesman, creator of the Marshall Plan, the only US Army general to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff, US Army, 1 September 1945
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