Re: [DNG] wicd interferes with regular network admin tools

2018-05-29 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 29/05/2018 à 14:16, KatolaZ a écrit : On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 01:46:04PM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: Le 29/05/2018 à 13:15, Hendrik Boom a écrit : If he plugs in an ethernet cable, he wants it to simply provide the internet service. If not, to look for available wifi's and connect automagical

Re: [DNG] wicd interferes with regular network admin tools

2018-05-29 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 01:46:04PM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 29/05/2018 à 13:15, Hendrik Boom a écrit : > > If he plugs in an ethernet cable, he wants it to simply provide the > > internet service. > > > > If not, to look for available wifi's and connect automagically. > >     This is achiev

Re: [DNG] wicd interferes with regular network admin tools

2018-05-29 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 29/05/2018 à 13:15, Hendrik Boom a écrit : If he plugs in an ethernet cable, he wants it to simply provide the internet service. If not, to look for available wifi's and connect automagically.     This is achieved with net-tools, wpa_supplicant, wpa_gui, ifplugd or netplug, and some hack o

Re: [DNG] wicd interferes with regular network admin tools

2018-05-29 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 06:42:57PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 05:21:50PM +0100, KatolaZ wrote: > > On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 06:05:09AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > > I was recently suprised to observe network interfaces > > > (wlan0 and eth0) going up without my issuing com

Re: [DNG] wicd interferes with regular network admin tools

2018-05-28 Thread Andreas Messer
On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 06:42:57PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 05:21:50PM +0100, KatolaZ wrote: > > On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 06:05:09AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > > I was recently suprised to observe network interfaces > > > (wlan0 and eth0) going up without my issuing com

Re: [DNG] wicd interferes with regular network admin tools

2018-05-27 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 05/27/2018 09:05 AM, Joel Roth wrote: Hi Devuan network users and adminstrators, I was recently suprised to observe network interfaces (wlan0 and eth0) going up without my issuing commands for it. I'd disable an interface, then see it go right back up. I somehow guessed that the culprit migh

Re: [DNG] wicd interferes with regular network admin tools

2018-05-27 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 06:05:09AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Hi Devuan network users and adminstrators, > > I was recently suprised to observe network interfaces > (wlan0 and eth0) going up without my issuing commands for > it. I'd disable an interface, then see it go right back up. > > I somehow

Re: [DNG] wicd interferes with regular network admin tools

2018-05-27 Thread KatolaZ
On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 06:42:57PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: [cut] > > This is actually very puzzling: what we want, is a wrapper for iw which > seeks available wifi networks, and provides a GUI to choose one. The only > reason such a tool would ever look at eth0 is to see if its link is up,

Re: [DNG] wicd interferes with regular network admin tools

2018-05-27 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 05:21:50PM +0100, KatolaZ wrote: > On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 06:05:09AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > I was recently suprised to observe network interfaces > > (wlan0 and eth0) going up without my issuing commands for > > it. I'd disable an interface, then see it go right back u

Re: [DNG] wicd interferes with regular network admin tools

2018-05-27 Thread KatolaZ
On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 06:05:09AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Hi Devuan network users and adminstrators, > > I was recently suprised to observe network interfaces > (wlan0 and eth0) going up without my issuing commands for > it. I'd disable an interface, then see it go right back up. > > I somehow

[DNG] wicd interferes with regular network admin tools

2018-05-27 Thread Joel Roth
Hi Devuan network users and adminstrators, I was recently suprised to observe network interfaces (wlan0 and eth0) going up without my issuing commands for it. I'd disable an interface, then see it go right back up. I somehow guessed that the culprit might be wicd, and confirmed that a wicd proces