Troubleshooting - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

Control Center with System > Network Configurations or in KDE 4 from the Per-
sonal Settings with Advanced > Network Settings. Choose the connection you want
to modify and click Edit. Switch to the IPv4 Settings tab, and from the Method
drop-down list, choose Automatic (DHCP) addresses only. Enter the DNS informa-
tion in the DNS Servers and Search Domains fields. Click Routes to add additional
routes ot to override automatic routes. Confirm your changes.
How to make NetworkManager connect to password protected networks before a user
logs in?
Define a system connection that can be used for such purposes. For more
information, refer to

23.9 Troubleshooting

Connection problems can occur. Some common problems related to NetworkManager
include the applet not starting, a missing VPN option, and issues with SCPM. Methods
for resolving and preventing these problems depend on the tool used.
NetworkManager Desktop Applet/Widget Does Not Start
GNOME NetworkManager applet or KDE NetworkManager widget should start
automatically if the network is set up for NetworkManager control. If the applet/wid-
get does not start, check if NetworkManager is enabled in YaST as described in
Section 23.2, "Enabling NetworkManager"
appropriate package for your desktop environment is also installed. If you are using
KDE 4, the package is NetworkManager-kde4. For GNOME users the package
is NetworkManager-gnome.
If the GNOME desktop applet is installed but is not running for some reason (per-
haps you quit it accidentally), start it manually with the command nm-applet.
If your KDE 4 system tray does not show any icon for network connections (as
might be the case after switching from a static network configuration to user-con-
trolled with NetworkManager in YaST), add the NetworkManager widget to the
panel: right-click an empty patch on the panel, and select Panel Options > Add
Widgets. (If your desktop objects are currently locked, you might need to click
Unlock Widgets first before you can add any objects.) In the dialog box that appears,
select NetworkManager and click Add Widget.
Section 23.7, "NetworkManager and Security"
(page 322). Then make sure that the
Using NetworkManager
(page 328).
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