[NTLUG:Discuss] SuSE 12.2 64-bit and networking

[Leroy Tennison]

On 02/13/2013 01:49 PM, Gilbert Morrow wrote:
> Yes you can uninstall it and use "ifup and ifdown" through terminal method
> if you wish.
> I like the NetworkManager myself ( when it works correctly), in the early
> days it was a pain in the rear, but has gotten much better. In YaST just do
> a search for NetworkManager.
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> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:46 PM, Leroy Tennison <leroy_tennison at prodigy.net
>> wrote:
>> Having all kinds of problems/weirdness:
>>
>> 1. Network Manager is apparently installed (I didn't do anything
>>     explicit to install or not install it) but fails on startup
>> 2. Configure an ifcfg-eth_ file with a static IPv4 address (when eth_
>>     exists) and do ifup - either nothing happens or the interface comes
>>     up without an IPv4  address.  Using ifconfig worked even though the
>>     man page warns that it is obsolete.
>> 3. Had multiple ifcfg-eth0* files (with different endings, only one
>>     exactly 'ifcfg-eth0') with the correctly spelled variant configured
>>     as DHCP, couldn't get an IP address on boot (Winders did).  Removed
>>     all but the correct variant and got a DHCP address.
>> 4. (All of the above was on one machine - this is a separate issue) Set
>>     up networking on one machine, put the hard drive in a different
>>     machine (different NIC) and booted - no DHCP address.
>>
>> Any suggestions?  I haven't heard good things about Network Manager, can I
>> safely remove it without destroying my network setup?
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Thank you, I guess I'm too "old school" but I like to know how to do 
things without relying on a GUI.