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Re: On init in Debian



On 23/03/12 13:35, Svante Signell wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 14:16 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
>> > On Vi, 23 mar 12, 00:07:43, Svante Signell wrote:
>>> > > 
>>> > > Please, don't make things unbearably complicated in case something
>>> > > breaks!!! Network *should* work also in console mode... 
>> > 
>> > I'm not a big fan of Network Manager, but this is unfair: if you click 
>> > "Make available to all users" the connection will be available also on 
>> > the console.
> Are you talking about clicking "..." when in X then? How does that solve
> the problem when X does not work?
> 
> Can the Network Manager be controlled/started/configured in console mode
> when X is not running? If the answer to the above questions is yes,
> maybe that setting (making Network Manager work also without X) would be
> the default!

$ sudo apt-get remove network-manager*
$ sudo apt-get install wicd wicd-curses wicd-gtk
                                        ^ wicd-kde ?
$ wicd-curses

And enjoy your network without the NM mess :)

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