[SOLVED] NetworkManager cannot connect to wired connection in Slackware 14.1
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From the email to root titled " Welcome to Linux (Slackware 14.1)! "
Quote:
With NetworkManager or wicd, it's
a good idea to remove any existing network configuration in
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf first. This can be done by running netconfig
and setting the machine to use loopback. Then, if you're using
NetworkManager run it a second time and select NetworkManager.
where its said change DHCP[0]="no" in rc.inet1.conf . After that and a restart NetworkManager works fine with my wired connection even if the network I am connecting to is DHCP
Nov 14 11:59:10 mdarkstar dhcpcd[3943]: dhcpcd already running on pid 3634 (/var/run/dhcpcd-eth0.pid)
NetworkManager expects to be able to start dhcpcd. With an entry DHCP[0]="yes" in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf, the dhcpcd daemon has already been started. You need to eliminate the conflict by not starting dhcpcd from an entry in rc.inet1.conf
Thank you! I just ran across this same issue in a 32 bit install on my old Dell Latitude 610. I was banging my head against the desk. I couldn't figure out why I was having eth0 issues with this installation when my recent 14.0 was working fine. The diff, you reminded me above, is that I was NOT using Network Manager in the previous install, so NM was having a conflict at startup because I already had the dhcpcd started at boot. Killed DHCP in inet1.conf. All's well.
From the email to root titled " Welcome to Linux (Slackware 14.1)! "
Code:
With NetworkManager or wicd, it's
a good idea to remove any existing network configuration in
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf first. This can be done by running netconfig
and setting the machine to use loopback. Then, if you're using
NetworkManager run it a second time and select NetworkManager.
Well, wicd works fine with already started dhcpcd and I was always wondering what is wrong with Network Manager. Although now I see that combining these two things might not be the brightest idea.
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