On Sun 16 Sep 2012 at 12:59:02 +0300, Sorina - Gabriela Sandu wrote: > In #682737 [1] is stated that netcfg writes configuration for wireless > interface in /etc/network/interfaces and therefor Wi-Fi card is not > managed by Network-Manager. > > For that matter, I would like to propose a patch to add support for > netcfg to write a Network Manager config file and modify the > finish-install script so that it copies to target either the nm-config > file or a full /e/n/i config, according to a reasonable default and > user's choice. This also contain a new question, > netcfg/target_network_config, which is asked with a medium priority in > finish-install, the default being also determined in the finish > install, such as: > - if NM is installed, default = NM configuration > - if NM is not installed and the install was over wired, default = /e/n/i > config > - if NM is not installed and the install was over wireless, default = > do not configure network
I realise a default is only a default and the selection can be changed, but I'm puzzled by the third option. Why treat a wireless install differently from a wired install? It would expected that a user who has chosen not to use a wired connection would still want connectivity after booting into into the new system, > All the related changes can be found in people/sorina/write_config > branch [2]. Also, a image containing all the changes can be found at > [3]. The config file for NM is written according to the specifications > here [4]. > > What do you think about this? Do you believe it could be used at the moment? I did try your image (put on a USB stick with cat) with an expert install but did not get any questions asked at the finishing stage. Regards, Brian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120916171542.GC20063@desktop
