Hello all,

After a Live CD install of FC8, I changed the default run level to 3 so I could disable the GUI on boot. After reboot, eth0 is not up. If I boot to the GUI with run level 5 it's up. I can start it with /sbin/ifup eth0 but it won't start on boot. I can also start it with "service network start". I ran chkconfig network on, and still nothing at boot. I have to manually start it, or use run level 5 with GUI.

Maybe I am going about this wrong? I don't want the GUI loading on boot, and I read that I needed to change the run level to 3.

I want a server installation and don't need the GUI. What is the best way?

Jeff

What is the output of /sbin/chkconfig --list network?

After boot with run level 5 ...

[root@server ~]# /sbin/chkconfig --list network
network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
[root@server ~]#

How about the results of chkconfig --list | grep -i network?

This link implies that the NetworkManager doesn't work very well in FC8. You might try setting up the runlevels similar to how he did.

[root@server ~]# chkconfig --list | grep -i network
NetworkManager 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
NetworkManagerDispatcher 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
[root@server ~]#

I will check that link - Thanks!

Weird, but it looks like the Network Manager is off in all the runlevels and that the network is on like it should be. Hmmm. I'm really not all that good with Red Hat based distros (I'm a Debian guy)...

I guess you could go about this the other way and use chkconfig to disable the gui for runlevel 5...

I'm willing to try that. How do I do it? What is the GUI service chkconfig uses?

Also, just want to point out that in the output I gave you, the network was working fine - run level 5.

Thanks again.

I would run chkconfig --list and look for gdm or kdm and possibly X. I know for sure gdm/kdm/xdm are the typical session managers that give you the gui. But I suppose runlevel 3 also typically disables X... From the man page of chkconfig, it looks like you would do something like chkconfig --level 5 gdm off to disable gdm on level 5.

If you look at the output, it tells you for each runlevel whether it is on or off. So "network" says that it should be "on" for level 3.

Here is the list - I have a gpm ??

[root@server ~]# chkconfig --list
NetworkManager 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
NetworkManagerDispatcher 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
acpid 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
anacron 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
apmd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
atalk 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
auditd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
autofs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
bluetooth 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
clamd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
cpuspeed 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
dc_client 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
dc_server 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
diskdump 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
freshclam 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
gpm 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
haldaemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
httpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:off 6:off
iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
irda 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
isdn 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
kudzu 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
mDNSResponder 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
mdmonitor 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
mdmpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
messagebus 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
mysqld 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
named 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
netdump 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
netplugd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
nfslock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
nifd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
nscd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
pcmcia 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
psacct 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
rdisc 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
rhnsd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
rpcgssd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
rpcidmapd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
rpcsvcgssd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
saslauthd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
smb 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
snortd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
spamd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
squid 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
sshd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
tux 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
vsftpd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
winbind 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
ypbind 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
yum 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

xinetd based services:
chargen: off
chargen-udp: off
courierpassd: on
cvs: off
daytime: off
daytime-udp: off
echo: off
echo-udp: off
eklogin: off
gssftp: off
klogin: off
krb5-telnet: off
kshell: off
rsync: off
time: off
time-udp: off

Sorry, I'm stumped. None of that stuff looks like gdm startup to me...

Maybe someone with some Fedora experience can help you out.