- Subject: Re: Update Problems
- From: Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:47:29 -0500
- In-reply-to: <48FE5139.40708@xxxxxxxx>
- Reply-to: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 15:01 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Dave Feustel wrote:
> >>>> Are you using Network Manager, and if so is NM managing your interface?
> >> 1. Is there a nm-applet in the upper panel on the left?
> >> 2. Check what:chkconfig --list |grep NetworkManager returns
> >
> > I don't understand either point 1 or point 2; I do almost everything via
> > the command line in xterm. Could you elaborate?
>
> If you have a /var/run/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.pid file, then
> NetworkManager is running. That's probably the most reliable way.
>
> If you're in a GUI, look around in the taskbars and see if there's an
> icon that looks like two computers, one in front of the other. Right
> click on it and select "About" from the drop-down menu.
>
> If the About box says "NetworkManager Applet", then NetworkManager is
> running. If it says "Network Monitor" then NetworkManager is NOT
> running. The problem is that the icon for the NetworkManager applet and
> the one for Network Monitor are damned near identical. It's caught me
> by surprise before.
Except I am running NM and About in the icon you mention says Network
Monitor. Network Monitor has nothing to do with whether you are running
NM.
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