On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:52:02 +0200
Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/03/2015 13:40, German wrote:
> >> wpa_supplicant doesn't handle switching between wored and wireless
> >> > interfaces, which is why I suggest a network manager. That could be
> >> > NetworkManager, but you could equally use Wicd. Both are in portage.
> >> >
> >> > Alternatively, you could just set up the two interfacs
> >> > in /etc/conf.d/net and switch between them by starting and
> >> > stopping /etc/init.d/net.{eth0,wlan0}.
> >> >
> >> > It depends on how automatic you want it.
> > Ok, I tried to emerge networkmanger and it tries to pull a bunch of
> > dependencies which I do not need, e.g. x11-proto, x11-libs. I already set
> > use flag to -X because for now I will be happy with console mode, but it
> > still tries to pull them. How do I tell portage not emerge unneeded
> > dependencies? Thanks
> >
>
>
> You tell portage to not pull in unneeded dependencies by setting the
> appropriate USE flags. The people you are asking for assistance will
> determine this by reading the ebuild, or by using the appropriate
> portage tools to figure it out. You should start learning these skills
> yourself so you can answer your own questions.
>
> 1. Run eix-e networkmanager. There is nothing there related to x11.
eix-e: command not found. What to do?
>
> 2. Read the ebuild for networkmanager-1.0.0. There is nothing in there
> related to x11, so that's not it.
>
> 3. Run emerge -pvt networkmanager. This will give an indented view of
> what is pulling in what. Find the entries of x11-proto etc and see what
> is pulling them in. Investigate those packages to disable x11.
>
>
>
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> Alan McKinnon
> alan.mckin...@gmail.com
>
>
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German <gentger...@gmail.com>
