On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 06:37:48PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 02:29:37PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > On 10/30/23 13:40, John Hasler wrote: > > > I wrote: > > > > Why do you have NetworkManager installed at all? > > > > > > Gene writes: > > > > Std image dd'd to u-sd card install on the arm64 stuff, can't get away > > > > from it. > > > > > > Why won't "sudo apt remove --purge network-manager" work for you? > > It did, but took the network down too after a reboot. To make sure I do it > > right, whats next? > > > > systemd-networkd, maybe - see, for example, the Arch wiki at > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/systemd-networkd > > Andy
That's not a wrong answer, but for Gene's systems I would recommend traditional Debian ifupdown (/etc/network/interfaces). It's by far the simplest, and the most widely supported among the community, in case he has questions.