On 21/09/11 19:17, roberto wrote: > Hello, i've recently installed debian 6.0.2. > I need to setup the network connection by network-manager and > network-manager-kde. > Can i supply the two .deb packages and then install them using: > > dpkg -i package_name.deb > > ?
Yes - you may get a message to the effect that they can't be configured due to missing dependancies... in which case:- # apt-get -sf install | more will show you what is required I it tells you that the two packages you installed using dpkg are going to be removed - don't worry - just make "apt-get -f install" happy, then re-run the dpkg -i *.deb command. NOTE: you can satisfy the apt-get -sf install dependancies using dpkg -i (if that makes sense) > The system already has wireless-tools and wpasupplicant. > > I cannot understand why the base kde installation doesn't provide a > front-end for network-manager. Because it's not needed. ifconfig works fine - and there are several reliable wireless configuration apps. network-manager is just a daemon (which is not always reliable):- http://userbase.kde.org/NetworkManagement network-manager-kde is supposed to do all sorts of whizz bang things:- http://dot.kde.org/2009/11/07/introducing-kde-4-knetworkmanager Your milage may vary with those tools - which may be another reason they are not part of a default KDE install. A quick flick through the debian-kde list might be helpful if you have problems with those apps. You can also install kdenetwork-filesharing and knetworkconf if you want to be able to do network setting and sharing in System Settings. > > Thank you in advance ! > Cheers -- "People in the United Kingdom and outside the United States share my bemusement with the United States that America doesn’t share with itself. They also have a sense of irony, which America doesn’t have seeing as it’s being run by fundamentalists who take things literally." — Bill Hicks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e79b4f2.9020...@gmail.com
