[TriLUG] redhat-config-network question

[Lisa Lorenzin]

hi all!

i'm in RPM hell again, and i just can't believe there isn't an obvious 
solution to this, because it seems like a such a basic utility...

i have a laptop with redhat 7.3 on it - i did a straight laptop install, 
and the only unusual choice i made was to install kde and not install 
gnome.  (it has a small hard drive, and i don't use gnome, so i didn't 
think i'd need it.)  i'm logged in as root.  (i don't usually, but i'm 
trying to eliminate permissions as a possible issue.)

so...  i go to change my IP address, and redhat-config-network is nowhere 
to be found.  the online docs[1] say there should be a "network 
configuration" option under system in the kde main menu; there isn't.  
redhat-config-network doesn't exist anywhere in the filesystem, either.

this is MOST annoying.  i tracked down the RPM that provides it[2] and 
tried to install that, but i'm down the RPM dependency rabbithole - 
redhat-config-network needs gnome-core , gnome-core needs sawfish and 
control-center, sawfish and control-center need about 4 other things 
apiece, and it looks like i'd have to install most of gnome just to get 
the bloody config app running.

is there something obvious that i'm missing?  or is redhat's network
configuration tool really only usable if gnome is installed?  that seems
incredibly b0rken to me, especially considering that other config tools
(services, printers, etc) are all accessible.  i'd check bugzilla and see
if there's any kind of bug on it, but i can't get through to the site
today.

(this wouldn't be nearly so aggravating if i could manually restart the 
ethernet interface without having to reboot the blasted thing - but 
that's a separate email.)

						lisa


1: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/ch-network-config.html
2: redhat-config-network-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm, according to rpmfind.


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