Re: NetworkManager and RunLevel 3



Patryk Zawadzki wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Geoffrey Leach <geoff hughes net> wrote:
>> Every so often on the Fedora list, there's a question about running
>> NetworkManager on Fedora 10 at RunLevel 3, that is where there's no X
>> windows or desktop running. It's generally acknowledged that at
>> RunLevel 5 NetworkManager runs like a champ. Furthermore,
>> it seems that
>> the problem is mostly (always?) where the system relies on a wireless
>> connection to a router. So, with all of that in mind, I thought I'd ask
>> here and will re-post a summary of replies on the Fedora list.
> 
> While I'm not a Fedora user, NM should work just fine from any level.
> There are two prerequisites however:
> 
> 1) You need to make sure all the required services are up (hal, dbus)
> 
> 2) You need some sort of connection provided by:
> 
> 2.1) An NM client
> 
> 2.2) A system connection
> 
> While 2.1 is currently not possible without using X (there are only 2

There is a project called cnetworkmanager [1], which afaics tries to fill
exactly this gap

Michael

[1] http://vidner.net/martin/software/cnetworkmanager/
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