[CentOS] Centos 6, KDE 4: canot manage network

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Michael D. Berger wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:03:07 -0400, m.roth-x6lchVBUigD1P9xLtpHBDw wrote:
>> Michael D. Berger wrote:
>>> In KDE 4, I click:
>>>
>>> Kickoff > System Settings > Network & Connectivity >
>>>    Network Settings > Network Settings
>>>
>>> I get a popup informing me that my system is not supported. (This did
>>> not happen before.) I am offered choices. I choose RedHat 6.0 (Is this
>>> wrong? I also tried RedHat 9.0.).
>>
>> Use RHEL 6. RH 9 was before RH started RHEL.
>>>
>>> I select Network Interfaces.  I see nothing on the list *** even though
>>> I am presently running eth0 and can successfully ping google.com
>>> through it.***.
>>
>> Are you running this as root, or did it ask for root's password? <snip>
>>          mark
>
> I see "Red Hat Linux 6.0 Hedwig", I see no "RHEL" on the list.
> Is this missing?
>
> I am root.

ACK! Hedwig is about 10 years old. History: RH 1,2,3,4,5 (where I started
using RH), 5.2,6 (Hedwig),7,7.1,7.2,7.3,8,9 (Shrike), RHEL1?2?,RHEL 3,RHEL
4, RHEL 5, and just this year, RHEL 6.

Something's wrong with your GUI options. Why not do it from the command line?

         mark