system-config-network: why text mode

[ToddAndMargo]

Hi All,

I support both Fedora (workstations) and Scientific Linux (servers).

Under SL 5.5, I have a really slick graphical utility called:

$ ls -al system-config-network
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Oct 23 2009 system-config-network -> consolehelper

The same utility under FC15, 64 bit, Xfce spin, is a really crude text mode utility. I would like the nice graphics utility under FC15. Am I stuck with the crude one under FC15? Am I missing something? Is something missing that is forcing this utility into text mode?

Many thanks,
-T

[marko]

I noticed that too, I was figuring that would just be true in the beta but then the final F15 came out and system-config-network was still launching the crude console tool

[ToddAndMargo]

Are you using Xfce?

[marko]

No, I'm using KDE4

[vinaysingh]

To open the connection editor in F15 type the following at the prompt:
nm-connection-editor

[CronoCloud]

There are two system-config-network applications in Fedora

system-config-network (the gui one)
system-config-network-tui (the text one)

You probably have the latter and not the former installed.

Ron Rogers Jr. (CronoCloud)

[Dangermouse]

There are two system-config-network applications in Fedora

system-config-network (the gui one)
system-config-network-tui (the text one)

You probably have the latter and not the former installed.

Ron Rogers Jr. (CronoCloud)

I agree, try installing system-config-network first, then issue the command system-config-network.

[ToddAndMargo]

There are two system-config-network applications in Fedora

system-config-network (the gui one)
system-config-network-tui (the text one)

You probably have the latter and not the former installed.

Ron Rogers Jr. (CronoCloud)

You called it. Thank you!
-T

Here is my (new) notes on the subject:

~~~~~~ system-config-network.EnableGraphicsMode.txt ~~~~~~~
How to enable system-config-network's graphics mode:

FC14+ ships with with system-config-network-tui which
is only text mode. It shows in /usr/bin as system-network-config,
which is misleading.


$ rpm -qa \*system-config-network\*
system-config-network-tui-1.6.2-2.fc15.noarch


The graphics portion is in the non-tui package:

# yum install system-config-network
...
Installing : system-config-network-1.6.2-2.fc15.noarch 1/1


Note: do not uninstall system-config-network-tui. Yum will
just reinstall it as a dependency

[marko]

Looks like something changed from F14 to F15, in Fedora 14 installing the Server Configuration Tools group would include system-config-network, but in Fedora 15 this doesn't happen.
UPDATE - weird, I just checked yum groupinfo "Server Configuration Tools" on my last F14 installation and system-config-network isn't in that group either. Whatever, I just know that I never had to explicitly install s-c-n until now with F15

[ToddAndMargo]

Hi Marko,

Those system-config-xxx tools are sweet tools. Must be an oversight that the developers left them off. I asked them to add them back.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709168

-T

[marko]

The big point is the gui tool has more functionality in one place, the tui tool doesn't do as much.

BTW regarding your bug entry, there's no package called system-config-networking, it's spelled system-config-network

[ToddAndMargo]

The big point is the gui tool has more functionality in one place, the tui tool doesn't do as much.

I find the tui tools awful. I am much more fond of the gui tools. Don't give me too much poop over "ssh -X" either. But, to be honest, most of the time I use the dreaded "vi".

BTW regarding your bug entry, there's no package called system-config-networking, it's spelled system-config-network

Ooops. Made a note on the bug report. I went to publik skool after all. Thank you.

Thank you for all the help with this post too. The graphic was perfect.
-T