Re: Default-Routing problems

[Colin Coombs <colin coombs cococon co uk>]

On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 10:54 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 15:05 +0000, Colin Coombs wrote:
> > But now I have another problem: the wired-Ethernet connection is somehow
> > marked as read-only (display is greyed-out) so I cannot get to the
> > Routes dialog at all! 
> 
> That probably means it's a read-only system connection.  Try adding
> ONBOOT=no to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0; then that
> read-only "System eth0" connection won't be automatically chosen.  Then
> you can create a new Ethernet connection in the connection editor, set
> routes, and it will be automatically used (unless you unchecked "connect
> automatically...").
> 
Aha, that's the trick. I tried creating new connections with the Fedora
config. tools and they were created read-only!

> > Also, since the upgrade to the version 0.7.0.99 from Fedora, I have to
> > remove and replace my GSM dongle several times after any reboot before
> > NetworkManager succeeds in connecting to the GSM network. When it fails,
> > there are messages about modem init timeouts in the system log.
> 
> This is a Huawei modem, perhaps?  I just got one yesterday (E160G), and
> it hangs a lot of the time.  What model is yours?
> 
Yes, it's a Huawei E220 which has been working quite happily for 6
months or more. The problems have only started since the last Fedora
upgrade - I attach an extract of the yum log showing the RPMs affected.
Can you see any likely culprits in there apart from NM?

Thank you for your prompt attention to my little problems. Let me know
if I can help with any system log dumps of particular scenarios. The
failure symptoms are a bit unreliable - I guess there are some sneaky
race conditions in play


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