Re: Debian 5.0.2 network manager not working?
2009/6/28 Mark Marcacci <mamarcac@gmail.com>:
> I've been installing Debian 5.0.1 via a downloaded jigdo DVD image from the
> official site. This morning did a fresh laptop install and noticed it used
> 795 files total versus 809 last week when I did a few trial installations on
> the same machine with the same hardware. One of the packages missing after
> booting into Gnome was Network Manager - previously was included in the base
> installation but this time I had to manually install the package. I also
> noticed several fewer items in the System->Administration menu, notably
> things like Software Sources was gone.
Use wicd instead of network-manager.
>
> Anyone else notice this or did my installation just hiccup? I've checked
> the debian.org page and didn't see any notes about these changes. I'm
> currently DBAN'ing the hard drive preparing for another fresh installation
> but wanted to check first in case it's not specific to my machine.
Don't do that, you don't need a fresh installation just because
network-manager is not there, it won't be anyway.
>
> Thanks!
> Mark
-r
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