[PLUG] Configuring NetworkManager

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Mon May 21 20:02:27 UTC 2012


On Mon, 21 May 2012, Dale Snell wrote:

> To edit your interface settings from nm-applet, right-click on the applet
> icon and select "Edit Connections...".  This will bring up a window from
> which you can select your desired interface, then click "Edit...".  You'll
> be presented with a configuration window for the selected interface.

   I tried that yesterday but nm-applet could find no connections so it
wouldn't let me edit (or add) any.

> As I recall, NetworkManager will not manage interfaces that are set up in
> the traditional manner.  So you might want to make "blank" copies of your
> setup files, and let NM do its thing.  Unfortunately, I know nothing about
> how Slackware has its config files arranged, so I can't help there.

   It's in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf. I'll make a blank copy and see what
happens.

Thanks, Dale,

Rich




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