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Re: Wi-fi



Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes:

> On Tue 11 Mar 2014 at 10:53:17 +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>
>> On Tuesday 11 March 2014 10:12:24 pch0317@gmail.com wrote:
>> > Hi List,
>> >
>> > I have problem with my wireless connection - when wifi card is
>> > enable via hardware button it freeze network manager (metwork
>> > manager, wicd and iwconfig). I can't use my AP :-/
>> 
>> It sounds as though you have too many different managers of wifi 
>> conflicting.  You can't really use all three at once!
>
> I think what Lisi means is that you should not have network manager and
> wicd active at the same time. Purging one or the other (apt-get purge)
> is probably best.

Why purging? `sudo service wicd stop`.

> iwconfig is not a manager.

And even more. It's deprecated. wireless.linux.org recommends iw
instead.

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