Alessandro Pellizzari wrote: > I had a look to the source, and it seems that all it does is calling > ifconfig/iwconfig to bring interfaces up or down. > > I also think it would be better to ditch it in favor of > gnome-network-manager, or a light network-manager client written in pure > gtk for LXDE. > gnome-network-manager is not very lightweight... A good way IMHO is to configure /etc/network/interfaces manually, with static IP addresses when possible. The boot time is much more faster than with nm-applet/gnome-network-manager indeed.
(33 seconds total boot time including BIOS and GRUB menu with Ubuntu Jaunty Beta on a one year old Laptop. Minimal install+Xorg+Compiz+LXDE+ext4 That would be even faster with OpenBox. :)) Then LXNM can display the networking status. A WIFI connection is ready when the Desktop shows up for example. ;) Here is a sample config I use for WIFI (eth1)... if that can help someone... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface #auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.14 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.1 auto eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 192.168.1.15 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.1 wireles_nick Laptop wireless_keymode open wireless_mode managed wireless-essid _ACCESS_POINT_NAME_ wireless-key _WEP_KEY_GOES_HERE_ wireless-channel _ACCESS_POINT_CHANNEL_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Lxde-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list
