On 2009-08-06_08:16:34, Preston Boyington wrote: > Manon Metten wrote: > <snipped> > > ...when I tried this, aptitude asked if it should remove > > 'network-manager-kde'. As I'm using that app and don't have wireless, > > I cancelled the installation. > > > > yes, this will also happen if you are running the gnome network manager. > it's sort of 'all or nothing'. > > another option for wifi (and wifi only) is wifi-radar. i used to use it > with great success, but didn't need to after switching to wicd since it > handled all network connections.
A related question: On my LAN before I got the Acer, I was not using DHCP on any Linux host. I suppose that I was not actually using network-manager at all on any of these host. Correct? If true/yes, I could remove network-manager on these without suffering any difficulties. Correct? I probably couldn't actually do it because of dependencies that are enforced by the apt-get system. But should I really worry about it not working on my computers that intercommunicate only via /etc/hosts? I want DHCP in the Acer because I intend to use it in the outside world, not merely on my LAN. But I want to set it up on my LAN, and hopefully, prepare it for defending itself in the outside world. I now see wicd in aptitude on the Acer. I did have a problem with access to backports. Thanks to everyone. -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
