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Re: eth0 and networkmanager



Hi,

On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 05:35:02PM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:27:26 -0700
> Arthur Barlow <arthurbarlow@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I understand that NetworkManager was designed as a tool for the
> > woeful state of wireless connections and linux, but I'm using a
> 
> I don't think that the state of wireless in linux is all that woeful,
> and to the extent that it is, the problem is generally driver support
> for undocumented chipsets, something that NM can't help with.  I
> generally manage my wireless quite happily with /etc/network/interfaces
> and ifupdown.

That is before gnome made us to install NetworkManager :-)

It is messy for lenny.  Installing backported NetworkManager together
with backported kernel was what I needed.  

(Now I have free 64bit atheros driver for my Mac too.)

Osamu


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