On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 09:42:07AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 11:25:46 +0100 > Didier Kryn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Same kind of dislike towards network-manager. This is the first > > package I use to remove after installing Debian. The reason: I don't > > know really what it does and how, but it goes in the middle of my > > way. I am well off with ifplugd, wpa_supplicant and a roaming > > configuration of wlan0. > > Didier, > > Please, please, PLEASE post instructions on how to do everything > discussed in the preceding paragraph. I've had a lot of trouble > replacing NetworkManager/Wicd with wpa_supplicant and iwlist, even > though I know it's perfectly possible. > > If you could place these instructions on the web and let us know the > URL, I know I'd be eternally grateful, and I bet I'm not alone.
Hi Steve, I normally use wpa_supplicant for my usual wifi networks and wicd (which sucks in many ways, unfortunately) to easily configure on-the-fly networks I don't use more than once. You don't need the network-manager nonsense at all to have an easy life with wifi networks.... HND KatolaZ -- [ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ --- GLUG Catania -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ me [at] katolaz.homeunix.net -- http://katolaz.homeunix.net -- ] [ GNU/Linux User:#325780/ICQ UIN: #258332181/GPG key ID 0B5F062F ] [ Fingerprint: 8E59 D6AA 445E FDB4 A153 3D5A 5F20 B3AE 0B5F 062F ] _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
