On 23/03/12 13:35, Svante Signell wrote: > On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 14:16 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> > On Vi, 23 mar 12, 00:07:43, Svante Signell wrote: >>> > > >>> > > Please, don't make things unbearably complicated in case something >>> > > breaks!!! Network *should* work also in console mode... >> > >> > I'm not a big fan of Network Manager, but this is unfair: if you click >> > "Make available to all users" the connection will be available also on >> > the console. > Are you talking about clicking "..." when in X then? How does that solve > the problem when X does not work? > > Can the Network Manager be controlled/started/configured in console mode > when X is not running? If the answer to the above questions is yes, > maybe that setting (making Network Manager work also without X) would be > the default!
$ sudo apt-get remove network-manager*
$ sudo apt-get install wicd wicd-curses wicd-gtk
^ wicd-kde ?
$ wicd-curses
And enjoy your network without the NM mess :)
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