Description of problem: Minimal installation should mean that you install a base system having at least yum and network ready to add your desired packages. However, minimal installation does not include system-config-network and the existing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 have no variables ready for setting your static IP address. Network configuration although it is feasible, it's strongly inconvenient from user's perspective. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): system-config-network any version, Fedora 13 DVD ISO How reproducible: Install Fedora 13 from a DVD media and select Minimal Installation Steps to Reproduce: 1. Insert Fedora 13 DVD ISO 2. Boot up to Repositories and Package selection 3. Select Minimal Installation 4. Proceed with the installation Actual results: 188 packages are installed without system-config-network, although firewall configuration and useless iptables have been already installed. What's the use of a firewall, without having your network configured?!?! Expected results: Either system-config-network or NetworkManager CLI interface should have been installed by default or at least the installer should have asked for network configuration. Additional info: A workaround for this problem: a. Copy IP Address, netmask and gateway variables from another Fedora installation into /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and issue "/etc/init.d/network restart" b. For non-static IP address and if DHCP server is around, just issue "dhclient eth0"
I think this is similar problem as in bug #557112 (network not set up after media install in F-12). Please read David Cantrell's comment there https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557112#c9 Bug #557112 is now assigned to NetworkManager, so I'm passing this one there too. Dan, if you consider this one as duplicate, close it so.
According to Mr. David Cantrell's comment, there is a third workaround to set up network during media installation for repositories, so that the network settings will be copied later over the new installation. Indeed, that well hidden information could serve as a resolution to the inconvenience reported on the present report. I cannot see it as a duplicate of bug 557112, since that reports problems setting up network, which I didn't face. To sum up the two new workarounds: c. On the software set and repositories installer's screen, click on the Fedora 13 repository. A network configuration screen will be popped up. Network configuration set on this screen is migrated to the new installation. After booting the new system, issue "service network start" to access Internet. d. Wait for Fedora 14 where network configuration details will be given by the users during installation. I think I'm satisfied with the above workaround and future installer's changes. You may close the ticket with a fixed in F14 resolution.
Ok, I don't think this is actually an NM thing since it deals with network setup in the installer stages, which is where network setup is usually initially configured until the full install, at which point you can use ifcfg files or nm-connection-editor to do the setup.
Well, that's exactly problem. The script nm-connection-editor or the NetworkManager-gnome package is not included in the minimal installation. But I agree, the overall inconvenience looks that it can be charged to anaconda or to the software set of the minimal installation. Anaconda future changes will work fine on the network configuration issue anyway.
Nothing was done yet. Even though I have set-up my network correctly a minimal system installation of F16 ended up with a system having no properly working network. Only the loopback interface was up and after manually issuing "systemctl start network.service" my ethernet interface was enabled, but unfortunately with no gateway, even though it was correctly set in the ifcfg script.
The issue was for static ethernet configuration and the problem was that gateway was declared as GATEWAY0 in the following file: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-p5p1 I have removed the trailing zero and the route information was corrected and defaulted to the declarared gateway.
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