IMO, we'll end up sooner or later using NM on X-less boxes by default NM on Fedora can now handle bonding and bridging by reading "/etc/sysconfig/netwok-scripts/ifcfg-*" files.
I was curious about whether NM could do the same by reading "/etc/network/interfaces" so I've just tried to install NM in an X-less Quantal VM. "apt-get install network-manager" results in: The following NEW packages will be installed: acl at-spi2-core binutils colord consolekit dbus-x11 dconf-gsettings-backend dconf-service dnsmasq-base fontconfig fontconfig-config gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2-common glib-networking glib-networking-common glib-networking-services gnome-icon-theme gsettings-desktop-schemas hicolor-icon-theme humanity-icon-theme indicator-application iputils-arping libappindicator3-1 libasound2 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libatk1.0-0 libatk1.0-data libatspi2.0-0 libcairo-gobject2 libcairo2 libcanberra-gtk3-0 libcanberra-gtk3-module libcanberra0 libck-connector0 libcolord1 libcroco3 libcups2 libdatrie1 libdbusmenu-glib4 libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 libdconf1 libexif12 libfontconfig1 libgconf-2-4 libgd2-xpm libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common libgnome-bluetooth11 libgnome-keyring-common libgnome-keyring0 libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-l10n libgphoto2-port0 libgtk-3-0 libgtk-3-bin libgtk-3-common libgudev-1.0-0 libgusb2 libieee1284-3 libindicator3-7 libjasper1 libjbig0 libjpeg-turbo8 libjpeg8 liblcms2-2 libltdl7 libnetfilter-conntrack3 libnl-route-3-200 libnm-glib-vpn1 libnm-glib4 libnm-gtk-common libnm-gtk0 libnm-util2 libnotify4 libnspr4 libnss3 libogg0 libpam-ck-connector libpango1.0-0 libpcsclite1 libpixman-1-0 libpolkit-agent-1-0 libpolkit-backend-1-0 libproxy1 librsvg2-2 librsvg2-common libsane libsane-common libsoup2.4-1 libsysfs2 libtdb1 libthai-data libthai0 libtiff5 libv4l-0 libv4lconvert0 libvorbis0a libvorbisfile3 libxcb-render0 libxcb-shm0 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxfixes3 libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxml2 libxpm4 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxtst6 mobile-broadband-provider-info modemmanager network-manager network-manager-gnome network-manager-pptp network-manager-pptp-gnome notification-daemon policykit-1 policykit-1-gnome pptp-linux sgml-base shared-mime-info sound-theme-freedesktop ttf-dejavu-core usb-modeswitch usb-modeswitch-data wpasupplicant x11-common xml-core and "apt-get install network-manager -o APT::Install-Recommends=false" results in: The following NEW packages will be installed: consolekit dconf-gsettings-backend dconf-service dnsmasq-base glib-networking glib-networking-common glib-networking-services gsettings-desktop-schemas iputils-arping libck-connector0 libdconf1 libgudev-1.0-0 libnetfilter-conntrack3 libnl-route-3-200 libnm-glib4 libnm-util2 libnspr4 libnss3 libpcsclite1 libpolkit-agent-1-0 libpolkit-backend-1-0 libproxy1 libsoup2.4-1 libsysfs2 libxml2 network-manager policykit-1 wpasupplicant So, even an installation of NM without its "Recommends" (which isn't something that I like to do or, AFAIK, something that's recommended) results in the installation of packages that are only needed by a DE, like dconf-gsettings-backend, dconf-service, glib-networking, glib-networking-common, glib-networking-services, gsettings-desktop-schemas. Could NM's "Depends" and "Recommends" be pared down for an X-less use-case? Thanks. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
