Re: [OT] NM vs. wicd (was: Re: On init in Debian)

2012-03-30 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2012-03-29 23:23:52 -0400, Chris Knadle wrote: > On Thursday, March 29, 2012 04:09:57, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > Well, wicd has its own bugs, such as preventing a laptop from > > suspending. > > Hmm. That sucks. I'd like to debug why you're running into this. However > I've been using wic

[OT] NM vs. wicd (was: Re: On init in Debian)

2012-03-29 Thread Chris Knadle
On Thursday, March 29, 2012 04:09:57, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2012-03-29 02:43:33 +0200, Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez wrote: > > $ sudo apt-get remove network-manager* > > $ sudo apt-get install wicd wicd-curses wicd-gtk > > > > ^ wicd-kde ? > > > > $ wic

Re: [OT] NM vs. wicd (was: Re: On init in Debian)

2012-03-29 Thread The Fungi
On 2012-03-29 11:15:30 +0100 (+0100), Philip Hands wrote: [...] > I'd only use either to make flipping between wireless networks something > where I don't need to keep the comandline incantations in my head [...] And indeed, I just "keep the commandline incantations in my head" for ifupdown, wirel

Re: [OT] NM vs. wicd (was: Re: On init in Debian)

2012-03-29 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2012-03-29 11:15:30 +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > I'd only use either to make flipping between wireless networks something > where I don't need to keep the comandline incantations in my head > anyway, so the last thing I need is NM noticing that I've plugged or > unplugged an ethernet cable, and

[OT] NM vs. wicd (was: Re: On init in Debian)

2012-03-29 Thread Philip Hands
On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:20:50 +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: ... > I could file bugs, but I have so many problems that I'm better off > switching to NM. Well, that's constructive -- well done. I think you'll find that there are two groups of users (at least), one that is relatively happy with the assu