Re: Saying NetworkManager about active connection

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sun, 2009-11-29 at 21:04 +0300, Boris Dolgov wrote:
> Hello everybody!
> 
> To connect to the Internet I use device, which is not yet supported by
> NetworkManager. But I like NetworkManager and use it to connect to
> wireless/wired networks.
> 
> So, when I am connecting to the Internet, I have to kill
> NetworkManager, connect to the Internet, change "Work offline" flag in
> Firefox and restart applications, waiting for the network dbus
> notifications (such as Pidgin).
> 
> How can I tell NetworkManager that the connection is already
> established by another application? So, it will not generate empty
> resolv.conf file, all applications will know, that there is the
> Internet connections.

The solution to this issue is to fix NetworkManager to allow your device
to be recognized and work.  What type of device is it?

Dan