Re: Buster without systemd?
On Tue 24 Mar 2020 at 20:34:24 (+0100), deloptes wrote:
> David Wright wrote:
>
> > I looked at what documentation I could find, but carried on using
> > wicd-curses, and the arch wiki seems to agree with what I found:
> >
> > "systemd-networkd does not have a proper interactive management
> > interface neither via command-line nor graphical".
> >
> > The interface is what matters when you're travelling with a laptop.
>
> But the purpose of systemd is not to give you an interface. This is provided
> by each desktop. Systemd will give you the low level service management -
> AFAIK it works via dbus.
>
> systemd <-> dbus <-> network-manager
> |
> network-manager-interface
>
> This is my understanding how it works or should work.
I don't want a desktop. In fact, wicd doesn't even need X, as it can
run quite happily on a VC to configure a new AP.
When I return to somewhere I have been before, wicd (the daemon)
usually connects before I have typed my passphrase to unlock /home.
(That assumes I'm logging in.)
Cheers,
David.
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