On Wed 27 Aug 2014 at 09:14:30 +0100, Matej Kosik wrote: > Yesterday I installed Debian testing on my laptop. > - I said no to "desktop environment" > and yes to "task-laptop" > > After the installation, network-manager was available.
task-laptop doesn't install network-manager. > With "nmtui" I was able to activate available wifi connection. > > However, I wasn't able to get online until I did this: > > ifdown eth0 > > Is this expected/desired situation? Installation with a wired connection would have eth0 managed with /etc/network/interfaces. Please read the network-manager documentation in /usr/shere/doc. > I mean, it is not the end-of-world-situation, but it is not a good > default state either. > > (NOTE: after manually installing "ifplugd", things are smoother, > although I am not sure if this was the best thing to do). I don't know whether nm handles switching connections when a wifi device is plugged and unplugged, so ifplugd might be a good idea. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/27082014184757.4ba1071ad...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
