fsmithred has successfully used netman to connect to both wired and
wireless network interfaces. I am of the opinion this shows the time
has come for me to start thinking about a post installation script, so
that, the necessary edits to /etc/network/interfaces or
/etc/network/interfaces.d are done
It works with frontend or backend. I forgot the SUID when I copied it to
/usr/bin/netman/. My interfaces looks almost like yours, but I don't have
a line for the wireless, and there's a line for interfaces.d. This is what
I got with the alpha2 netinstall. The only change I made was to comment
out t
The command to connect to eth0 is a new addition. Use the following:
./backend 9 eth0
Please note that netman, the frontend does not assume which device you
want to use as your networking interface. This means, you have to
select it in the list box.
Also remember to change the SUID of backend to
I can confirm that adding "iface wlan0 inet dhcp" to
/etc/network/interfaces fixes it.
New problem: I can't get eth0 to connect using netman. This is in a
virtualbox installation of devuan alpha2 netinstall. I purged wicd and
rebooted. I copied the executables from the other installation, I've got
Correction: <>
Should be: Now, I moved the essid and password to another file under
/etc/network/wifi.
On 07/09/2015, Edward Bartolo wrote:
> More testing on my part is indicating that the cause appears to be:
>
> iface wlan0 inet dhcp
>
> Evidence is indicating that the above is required to be
More testing on my part is indicating that the cause appears to be:
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
Evidence is indicating that the above is required to be in
/etc/network/interfaces.
Previously, I also had the wifi's essid and password. Now, I moved the
essid and password to another file under /etc/netwo
