Bug 117882

here is the error:



Traceback (innermost last):
File "usr/sbin/neat", line 1441, in ?
  window - mainDialog()
File "usr/sbin/neat", line 237, in_init_
  self.load()
File "usr/sbin/neat", line 276, in load
  self.loadProfiles()
File "usr/sbin/neat", line 285, in loadProfiles
  profilelist = getProfileList()
File "usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-
network/netconfpkg/NCProfileList.py", line 91, in load
  prof.HostsList.append(host)
File "usr/sbin/../share/redhat-config-
network/netconfpkg/NCProfileList.py", line 965, in append
  item.setParent(self)
Attribute Error: setParent

  

err... this sounds like an incomplete installation...
what does:
# rpm -q redhat-config-network
# rpm -V redhat-config-network

output??

rpm -q redhat-config-network outputs the following:
redhat-config-network-1.0.0-1
redhat-config-network-1.0.4-2
redhat-config-network-1.0.4-2

rpm -V redhat-config-network outputs a TON of stuff, and since I have 
no easy way to get it from my linux laptop to this machine (no 
printer or network capabilities yet), I'm not going to type it all 
unless you really need it... it comes up with a bunch of flies 
under /usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/; 
and /usr/share/redhat-config-network/pixmaps.

Thanks! 

seems like you have installed redhat-config-network several times...
try to use -U instead of -i for rpm...

# rpm -Uvh redhat-config-network-1.0.4-2.i386.rpm

ok... you have to remove it first:
# rpm -e redhat-config-network
# rm -fr /usr/share/redhat-config-network*
# rpm -Uvh redhat-config-network-1.0.4-2.i386.rpm

ok... use --allmatches to get rid of all installed
redhat-config-network versions

# rpm -e redhat-config-network --allmatches
# rm -fr /usr/share/redhat-config-network*
# rpm -Uvh redhat-config-network-1.0.4-2.i386.rpm

Ok...first, let me say thank you for your help...I am genuinely 
impressed at the speediness of your reply to this issue...it's so 
hard to find good help these days, and I sincerely appreciate it!  

So, I did all of this and it resolved this issue, but I'm a little 
confused and back to the original issue that started all of this.  I 
now have redhat-config-network-1.0.4-2 installed, and the network 
configuration screen comes up, but still does not give me 
the "Wireless NIC" option in the device type drop-down list of the 
Device window.  My wireless NIC DOES show up under the Hardware tab 
as "orinoco_cs" but it doesn't let me do anything with it and if I 
try to add an "ethernet" device (since I don't have the Wireless NIC 
option), it doesn't show the orinoco_cs as an option...what now??

hmm, the version in RH 7.3 does not support Wireless NICs... sorry...
you have to configure it by hand... like this:
# cat >/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 << EOF
ONBOOT=no
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
TYPE=Wireless
DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ESSID=deadbeef
CHANNEL=1
MODE=Auto
RATE=Auto
EOF

I tried your script and it did not work.  Redhat recognizes my 
wireless NIC as eth0, so I modified your script to reflect that, and 
it does add a device of TYPE Wireless to the Network Hardware, but 
will not allow me to activate it (I click activate, and nothing 
happens).  If I go to the Network Device Configuration screen, it 
allows me to click activate there, but comes back saying "could not 
activate device eth0."   I looked at a few of the other net config 
scripts on there by default and they had an ipaddr="" and 
NETMASK=255.255.255.0 after BOOTPROTO=dhcp, so I tried adding those 
and it still did not work.  I know without a doubt that the wireless 
NIC works just fine because I can boot into Knoppix (from CD) and it 
immediately recognizes the NIC and I can surf flawlessly.   PLEASE 
HELP!!