On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Lubos Vrbka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Patrick Wiseman wrote: >>> >>> what functionality i'd like to have? >>> >>> 1) start this application (undex X) >>> 2) check for networks around >>> 3) connect to a known one or select an unknown network >>> >>> for my home network, i need WPA. i am using enlightenment as a window >>> manager. most of kde/gnome is installed as well (you cannot avoid it >>> anyway), but i am not much familiar with the configuration details of >>> these >>> two 'packages'. >>> >> Network Manager does well for me - >> http://packages.debian.org/etch/network-manager > > i tried that (one of the first things i tried), together with > network-manager-{gnome|kde} applets. > > however, it didn't seem to find my network card (although wireless was > enabled) - only wired network stuff was displayed in the applet. is there > something i need to set up? maybe it was conflicting with the settings in > interfaces file? > > patrick, could you please share configuration details with me?
My /etc/network/interfaces file is very simple: # 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 allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp #auto eth0 allow-hotplug wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp #auto wlan0 You'll notice that the 'auto eth0' and 'auto wlan0' are commented; that's because, as I recall, network-manager was bypassed if I didn't do that. And I don't have any hard-coded IP addresses in there. hth Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
