At Tue, 06 May 2008 13:48:46 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 01:42 -0300, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 7:12 PM, deface <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snipped the frustration> > been there, done that ... and gave up. > > Write your own scripts and shortcut the frustration. > > Keep a directory with a subdirectory for each site. Have all config > files needed properly configured and stored there. Lastly, a simple > script just copies in the required files over the top of the last lot > and restarts the services. I have a desktop icon and a GUI (using > gtkdialog) so I can easily select the correct site. > > Ive tried a few like network manager, and also tried to get gentoo's > networking to do it semi-automaticly to help, but all I ended up with > was a frustratingly fragile mess.
I have a laptop too, and I always found that the gentoo networking scripts where fully sufficient for keeeping me on-line. Okay, the wireless is a bit flaky, but only when connecting. Note: I do not use network manager. What exactly are your problems? Regards, Jan Seeger -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
