On 19.08.13 11:23, Jason White wrote:
> A further consequence is that you can populate interfaces(5), leave NM
> installed but inactive and not break GNOME 3 package dependencies by trying to
> remove or purge NM.
> 
> This solution works under Debian; I assume it would hold under Ubuntu as well.

Err, I wouldn't make too many assumptions about ubuntu, based on debian.
It's the creeping crappy auto-magical interference with the interfaces
file which prompted me to kill that NetworkMunger.

> As far as I know, GNOME is the only desktop environment which depends on NM.

Are you sure? My ubuntu boxes have been running for years with gnome and no
network-manager or network-manager-gnome, and it meets all my needs and
expectations. (Same for older versions of ubuntu.)

Erik

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