Re: Network unavailable without desktop
On 06/08/13 13:34, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Am 06.08.2013 14:06, schrieb Tony van der Hoff:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I normally run my wheezy laptop under KDE, and the network management is
>> provided by NetworkManager. This generally works fine.
>>
>> However, When I log off the KDE session, the wireless network shuts down
>> (Wired network keeps going). I suspect the wpa passwords become
>> unavailable without the desktop, but this is pure guesswork.
>>
>> This presents a problem for overnight Cron scripts which need to contact
>> a remote server.
>>
>> Should I abandon NetworkManageri in favour of the old ifup/ifdown and
>> wpa-supplicant, or can I fix NetworkManager somehow?
>>
>> Any advice greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Open nm-connection-editor and select the option "Available to all
> users". Then the wpa key is stored system wide (not in the users session
> keyring) and the connection persists when you log out.
>
Wonderful, Michael, thanks vry much; it worked!
I was a bit confused at first, as I have no "Available to all users"
option, but it turned out to be called "System Connection". Anyway, it
works!
Cheers, Tony
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