Network Manager in Fedora 9

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Nearly after one year I again tried to install GNU/Linux on my desktop. Last week I have installed Ubuntu-8.04 in my friend's machine and the desktop was really appealing. So, this time I decided to install the bleeding edge Fedora 9 in my machine.

I have managed some free space in the machine and installed Fedora without much hassles. The installation was very quick and it took almost 40 minutes to complete. Since I was not a casual GNU/Linux user, I ran into a couple of issues. First problem was with the Interrnet configuration. Later I discovered that the DNS address that I gave was wrong. The new Fedora theme and the package manager was wonderful. I added the livna rpm repository and installed my favourite VLC media player. Another great feature is the Malayalam support - after some minor tweakings from SMC, I was able to read and write Malayalam in OpenOffice.org and Mozilla Firefox. Things were smooth until I rebooted the machine next time.

When I reboot the machine, I was again struck with the network problems. This time the configuration was alright, but the NetworkManager has some fatal issues. It always shows Network not connected :(

I tried everything I know - reconfigured the network, rebooted the machine, modified the configuration files, but unable to connect to the network. I have no chance to search and find a solution as I have no connectivity and at last I have to logon to MS Windows ...

After some tedious search I got the solution(Sorry, I forgot to bookmark the link) and copied the page contents to a text file and again logged into the Fedora desktop. It says that desktops with a wired network, doesn't need the NetworkManager service. To increase the usability, in Fedora 9 the older network service is disabled by default.

To switch to using the old network service, I followed the following steps.

First disable the NetworkManager and prevent it from automatically loading:
[root@localhost ~]# /etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop
Stopping NetworkManager daemon: [ OK ]
[root@localhost ~]#  /sbin/chkconfig --level 35 NetworkManager off
You can also run the setup command and turn the NetworkManager off by pressing the bar.

Next, configure your network settings:

[root@localhost ~]# system-config-network
You should have an eth0 device already showing. To configure the IP settings click on Edit. Set the DNS address and then Save the settings.

Next, enable the service :
[root@localhost ~]# /etc/init.d/network start
Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up interface eth0: [ OK ]
Make sure it loads at next boot: 
[root@localhost ~]#  /sbin/chkconfig --level 35 network on
(You can also use the setup command)

Now I was able to connect to the Internet and post my first blog about Fedora. :)

Comments

Herve A said…
Thanks. It helps me
8:08 PM, July 17, 2008
Manoj Malviya said…
Thanks. This help me too.
12:35 PM, September 02, 2008
Unknown said…
Thanks this helped. My network went down when I updated the kernel.
2:14 AM, September 05, 2008
Unknown said…
While this helped, I noticed that system-config-network also had a check box on the General Tab that need to be checked to be controlled by Network Manager. Being a command line type, I found this frustrating that I had to use a gui to fix a problem. Also, where are the configs stored?
8:24 PM, September 07, 2008
Coder928 said…
The network configuration files are located in a number of places:

Hostname & Gateway: /etc/sysconfig/network
Network Devices: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-[]
Name Servers: /etc/resolv.conf
Hosts: /etc/hosts
6:41 PM, September 23, 2008
libregeek said…
I have experienced similar problem in Fedora 10 also.

In my case, NETMASK provided through system-config-network didn't got saved in the config files.

This was due to a bug (469434) in system-config-network package and on installing the latest system-config-network package using yum solved my issue.

The recent release of NetworkManager is pretty stable and it's recommended that you update NetworkManager package also.
2:28 PM, March 21, 2009
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