On Thu, 22 Jan 2026, D. R. Evans wrote:
I just installed debian 13.3 from scratch on to a machine, using the official DVD, with KDE as the desktop.
I speculate that networking was not configured during this installation, and that was fine since you had all the packages you wanted on local media.
When I log in, I find that the networking is not up. I can force it to start by clicking the "Networks" icon in the system tray, and then clicking "Connect". But the next time I boot the machine, I have to log in and do the same again.
Heh. That sounds ideal to me, but I can understand your contrary preference as well.
How do I force networking to start automatically at boot time (i.e., before I log in)? I don't see anything in System Settings that I can set to do this.
For wired networking, if I were you, I would look at $ man 5 interfaces
