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a very basic question

hi guys,
i am configuring my network (FC12, FC10 also) but the NETWORK INTERFACE TOOL has the activate bottom disabled (gray color).

how can enable this function ?

thanks in advance.

hector

What's the output of

Code:

ifconfig -a

See if you can bring up the interface you are connecting with.

Code:

ifconfig ethX up

If wireless you will need to do:

Code:

iwconfig ethX essid any

Did you try these commands in the terminal window ..

1) su

2) system-config-network

( The setup tools will not work as an ordinary user.)
.....

hi,
my ethernet card is active, but what i can not do is to desactivate it or to re-activate it using the network configuration interface tool: bottons are disabled (gray color).

Code:

 ifconfig -a

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:17:A4:DC:42:81  

          inet addr:192.168.0.3  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

          inet6 addr: fe80::217:a4ff:fedc:4281/64 Scope:Link

          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:43579 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:31627 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 

          RX bytes:53702295 (51.2 MiB)  TX bytes:3903221 (3.7 MiB)

          Interrupt:16 



lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  

          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0

          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1

          RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 

          RX bytes:480 (480.0 b)  TX bytes:480 (480.0 b)



wlan0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:19:D2:8C:AD:F4  

          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)



wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-19-D2-8C-AD-F4-71-02-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  

          UP RUNNING  MTU:0  Metric:1

          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 

          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

thanks for help

Sounds like you aren't root when this runs, or rather it's not picking up the fact that you're not and prompting you for the root login to enable to admin side of the tool. Check if you can use it normally when properly root.... open a terminal window, su - to become root then run system-configure-network and the tool should load fully enabled.

Code:

su

system-config-network

/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/maindialog.py:315: DeprecationWarning: Use the new widget gtk.Tooltip

  gtk.Tooltips().enable()

/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/DeviceConfigDialog.py:53: GtkWarning: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

  domain=PROGNAME)

same problem :-(

su

# system-config-network

> > Highlight an item

> "Menu" > Edit > > untick the "Controlled by NetworkManager"

.. And then you got two colored buttons 'Activate', Deactivate'.
( For that item.)
.....

thanks knudftl,
it was really a "very basic question" :-(
it works know ...
hector