Re: Debian/Debian Gnome
On 2025-11-21 15:37:18 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> On Sun 16 Nov 2025 at 01:19:35 (+0100), Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > I installed my new laptop from a USB memory stick with a netinst
> > image + wifi I think. But wpasupplicant alone is not practical.
>
> I'm not quite sure why you say wpasupplicant alone.
I meant without an additional interface. This was more or less
needed in 2009, but I don't remember the issues. Then I quickly
looked again in 2022, but I don't remember exactly, except that:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1012844
(which eventually got fixed).
> > > You don't need any of the DE, servers, etc checked for that. If you
> > > want Bigsy's specific choice, network-manager, then you're probably
> > > going to have to install it yourself.
> >
> > I'm wondering whether ifupdown configuration set up at install
> > time (e.g. in case of Ethernet network) could be in the way if
> > the intent is to use network-manager.
>
> If you want NM to manage an interface, comment out its
> configuration in /etc/network/interfaces or mangle its
> filename in /etc/network/interfaces.d/ to hide it.
> (Debian naming conventions.)
Something that one shouldn't have to do. There should be a way to
get NM installed at installation time without a DE.
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