> I've removed Network Manager in the past because it causes no end of
> trouble, especially because it never seems to think I'm connected to
> the Internet, so everything starts in 'offline' mode.
> Major Gnome update today, and sure enough, Network Manager is
> installed again. This time however, I cannot remove it without
> removing Gnome.
Make sure you report it (e.g. via `reportbug'). It's clearly
a packaging bug.
Stefan