Installation guide

Release Notes
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NetworkManager re-base
NetworkManager has been updated to version 0.7.0. This update provides the following fixes and
enhancements:
• NetworkManager would not display a LEAP password, even when the user selected the "show
password" option. This has been fixed through a rebase to NetworkManager 0.7.
• During the beta phase, a version of NetworkManager was unable to automatically start network
interfaces for which "ONBOOT=no" was present in the ifcfg file. NetworkManager now ignores
this value unless "NM_RESPECT_ONBOOT=yes" is also present.
• a NetworkManager plug-in was named for its upstream repository. This could cause end-users
to mistake the plug-in for an un-supported addition to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This plug-in has
been renamed to "ifcfg-rh".
• with this update, support has been added to NetworkManager for wired 802.1x authentication.
However, after creating an 802.1x-enabled wired connection in the NetworkManager connection
editor, it may be necessary to log out, then log back in before the connection can be used from
the NetworkManager applet menu.
• NetworkManager attempted to set a hostname, but only after X had already done so. The user
could not then open new windows because the authority files had been set by X with a different
hostname. NetworkManager no longer sets hostnames.
• an update for NetworkManager that was available in the beta phase would change the run level
enablement of the package during installation, and thus prevent NetworkManager from starting.
NetworkManager no longer changes run level enablements during installation.
• on a system with more than one network adapter, network keys saved by the user while
connecting with one adapter would not be available when the user attempted to connect with
the other adapter. NetworkManager can now retrieve and use network keys saved for a different
adapter on the same network.
• previously, NetworkManager would not always prompt the user for a new network key if the
protocol or key of a wireless network changed. Although NetworkManager would wait for a new
key, it would not always open a dialog box and allow the user to provide one. NetworkManager
will now open a dialog box when needed.
• several bug fixes and enhancements for NetworkManager were available upstream.
NetworkManager has been rebased to version 0.7 to incorporate these improvements, including
mobile broadband functionality, Phase2 WPA support, and static IP functionality.
• NetworkManager would would cause a segmentation fault when resuming a session. This was
caused by the HAL dropping privileges before connecting to D-Bus, meaning that the HAL could
not send signals to NetworkManager. NetworkManager now explicitly permits signals from the
HAL.
• sometimes, X would freeze if the NetworkManager menu and a keyring manager window were
open at the same time. This updated package includes a patch from upstream that prevents this
behavior.
• if NetworkManager requires a network key from the user, it will open a pop-up window.
However, the applet previously could not steal focus from metacity and would remain in the