On 2009-08-30 20:47 +0200, JoeHill wrote: > This is going to drive me nuts. > > I've removed Network Manager in the past because it causes no end of trouble, > especially because it never seems to think I'm connected to the Internet, so > everything starts in 'offline' mode. > > Major Gnome update today, and sure enough, Network Manager is installed again. > This time however, I cannot remove it without removing Gnome. > > Can someone please tell me how I can permanently, and with great malice, > annihilate Network Manager once and for all?
Remove the gnome metapackage. Make sure to mark everything it depends on and which you want to keep as "manually installed". Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org