Alan Feuerbacher wrote:
On 6/17/2017 10:27 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
Alan Feuerbacher wrote:
The Wicd-1.7.4 section of the BLFS book, systemd version 8.0, "Networking
Utilities", calls for you to install a bootscript:
...
So, what about the missing bootscript?
Just to be nitpicky, it's a systemd unit. The systemv bootscript is
available. Basically to start it, you just need to do
/usr/sbin/wicd > /dev/null
This brings up another point for me: Because I have dhcpcd installed and
working (with systemd-networkd disabled), do I even need Wicd?
No, you don't. wicd and network-manager are two variations of the same
function and neither is really needed unless you have a laptop and need
to connect to various networks at different times. Indeed, I use
neither on my laptop because the limited roaming I do with it has wired
access available,
My system is a floor-standing, wired ethernet monster not suitable for
roaming, so I'll never use wifi for a connection with it. However, I'm
thinking of installing a wifi card so that I can learn more about wifi. My
wife and son have laptops, and we have several wifi printers, and a wifi
router, so it behooves me to learn.
Yes, but you can use the standard startups for those. You co not need
nwmanager or wicd. I don't know systemd well enough to tell you how to do
it, but it's fairly easy in sysv.
Any comments, given my desire to experiment with wifi?
Get the card and plug it in. Make sure the kernel recognizes it. You may
need some kernel firmware depending on the device. It should show up in
/sys/class/net as either wifi0 or wlan0.
Then use wireless-tools and wpa-supplement and get the connection to come
up from the command line. You probably do not want two different
connections to the same /24 network on the same box at the same time,
Only then try to automate at boot.
-- bruce
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