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List:       cobbler
Subject:    default gateway / f10 / static IPs
From:       mdehaan () redhat ! com (Michael DeHaan)
Date:       2009-01-27 16:38:18
Message-ID: 497F387A.2020506 () redhat ! com
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Dave Hatton wrote:
> Dave Hatton wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've noticed that if I configure a static interface and set its IP 
>> address for a Fedora10 target,  I don't get the default gateway set 
>> properly. In fact it is set to the IP address of eth0.
>>
>> There is bugzilla report 476089 against NetworkManager describing 
>> this, and the suggested patch has already been applied to 
>> NetwrokManager git, but as yet, it does not appear to be out in a RPM. 
>> I guess this will be fixed in a RPM later than 
>> NetworkManager-0.7.0-1.git20090102.
>>
>> In the mean, I find this is "fixed" by
>>
>> chkconfig NetworkManager off && service NetworkManager stop
>> chkconfig network on && service network start
>>
>> This seems ok to do - especially as I have selected a static interface 
>> so probably don't want NetworkManager anyway.
>>
>> Hope this help someone else.
>>
>>     
> I've just seen that an alternative is to add
>
> services --disabled=NetworkManager --enabled=network
>
> to your kickstart
>
>
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Thanks for tracking this down.

Since the bugfix is in network manager and it applies to only static F10 
configs, we will just remember this one for now in case someone
else encounters this problem -- I suspect the NM bug will be dealt with 
soon.

Sound ok?

--Michael




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