Re: Is Network-Manager freezing my system?
On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 03:29:00PM -0500, gn643202 wrote:
>
> I have had the same problem.
> Searched Synaptic but could not find the WICD package in Lenny.
>
>
I went ahead and installed wicd from backports. I've tested the
connection swapping and it will request and receive an address
automatically (DHCP here) no problem so far. Here is how I did it.
Add this entry to your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib
non-free
then get the key to verify the packages.
# apt-get install debian-backports-keyring
# aptitude update
To install:
# aptitude -t lenny-backports install wicd
To keep it automatically updated add/create /etc/apt/preferences with this
Package: *
Pin: release a=lenny-backports
Pin-Priority: 200
Some other options can be found here.
http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions
Hope this helps out.
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Daryl Styrk
Naples, FL USA
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