In my vnc connection to my server, the xfce system bar's network manager tells me:
Networking disabled (when I place the mouse over the network icon) Network Manager not running (when I click on the network icon, and this text is grey)
Yet in my ssh session to the server:
# systemctl status NetworkManager.service NetworkManager.service - Network Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service; enabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2010-01-01 00:00:23 EST; 4 years 6 months ago Main PID: 319 (NetworkManager) CGroup: /system.slice/NetworkManager.service └─319 /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --no-daemon
Jan 01 00:01:15 cb2.htt-consult.com NetworkManager[319]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 6...f2) Jan 01 00:01:23 cb2.htt-consult.com dhclient[853]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 inte...f2) Jan 01 00:01:23 cb2.htt-consult.com NetworkManager[319]: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 6...f2) Jan 01 00:01:24 cb2.htt-consult.com NetworkManager[319]: <warn> (eth0): DHCPv4 request timed out. Jan 01 00:01:24 cb2.htt-consult.com dhclient[853]: Received signal 15, initiating shutdown. Jan 01 00:01:24 cb2.htt-consult.com NetworkManager[319]: Received signal 15, initiating shutdown. Jan 01 00:01:24 cb2.htt-consult.com NetworkManager[319]: <info> (eth0): canceled DHCP transaction, DHCP...853 Jan 01 00:01:24 cb2.htt-consult.com NetworkManager[319]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Co...... Jan 01 00:01:24 cb2.htt-consult.com NetworkManager[319]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Co...... Jan 01 00:01:24 cb2.htt-consult.com NetworkManager[319]: <info> Activation (eth0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv4 Co...te. Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
and
# ifconfig eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet6 fe80::c4:3ff:fe82:c153 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> ether 02:c4:03:82:c1:53 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 3339 bytes 326670 (319.0 KiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 3469 bytes 1641253 (1.5 MiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 device interrupt 87 base 0x6000
eth0:avahi: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 169.254.7.244 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 169.254.255.255 ether 02:c4:03:82:c1:53 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) device interrupt 87 base 0x6000
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 16436 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host> loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback) RX packets 790 bytes 70412 (68.7 KiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 790 bytes 70412 (68.7 KiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 ether 00:14:d1:4c:0f:79 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
And note wlan0 which is not showing up in network manager...
Note that the only network connection is direct cable to my notebook. Separate message on wlan questions