[TriLUG] redhat-config-network question

[Jason Tower]

'service network restart' should restart your ethernet interface without 
rebooting.

jason

On Wednesday 26 February 2003 10:33, Lisa Lorenzin wrote:
> 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-net
>work-config.html 2: redhat-config-network-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm, according to
> rpmfind.