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.
