Re: [trinity-users] network-manager-tde ?

Thanks William & Terry, I dumped wicd and friends and went back to tdenetworkmanager. Works like a charm now :) Nik

Anno domini 2019 Thu, 20 Jun 15:14:31 -0700 William Morder via trinity-users scripsit: > On Thursday 20 June 2019 13:25:52 Thierry de Coulon wrote: > > On Thursday 20 June 2019 22.00:06 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > Hi all! > > > > > > Now that wicd decided to not be able to set up my wifi any more, I > > > thoght I might use network-manager + network-manager-tde. As I hve > > > not had this thig running for ~ 5 years, I just tried it out. But I > > > did not get far, the settings dialog did not allow me to save > > > setting. So I ask: has anybody used network-manager-tde in recent > > > times and knows if it works? > > > > > > Nik > > > > Hi Nik, > > > > Your question led me to an interresting discovery: > > > > I have a NetworkManager Applet running in the system tray and it's > > working. It says it's "NetworkManager Applet 1.4.4". > > > > However, if I run Synaptic, network-manager-tde is not installed. > > network-manager and network-manager-gnome are installed. > > > > So I don't really know what to answer... > > > > Thierry > > Just my 2 cents' worth here: tdenetworkmanager (NOTE that the pkg name in > apt is different, network-manager-tde) depends on network-manager. The > first is tde, the second is (I think) Gnome or maybe now also the new and > unimproved KDE4/5/etc. You cannot run tdenetworkmanager without also > having network-manager installed. > > For most of 2018, I was trying to switch from Kubuntu to Debian, and now > at last to Devuan, trying to find a system that would more or less clone > or at least imitate my old Kubuntu Hardy 8.04.2 system (the only desktop > that I had ever loved, until now, that is, with the most recent TDE). > > Part of my problem was trying to find a networkmanager solution, so I > tried 'em all, and quickly narrowed it down to either tdenetworkmanager > or wicd). I still prefer a few aspects of wicd; e.g., the network in my > building has different access points, and for some reason wicd can choose > the closest or strongest signal (or I can force my preference manually), > but tdenetworkmanager cannot, and indeed constantly chooses a weaker > signal, and there is nowhere to change it as in wicd. However, when I was > watching top the other day, I noticed that gksu was always running; so > just for kicks, I killed gksu, and wicd crashed! I discovered that it > wicd had been running in the background, even though I had not started it > up. So I uninstalled wicd, and now my network is perhaps a little more > stable - meaning, I don't keep getting bumped offline so much. > > So if it were myself, I would say, Choose one or the other; they both > work fine, and I prefer one or the other at different moments; but > tdenetworkmanager requires no root privileges (or at least I don't see > anything root that's running which shouldn't be there). > > Bill > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > trinity-users-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net For additional > commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net Read list > messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting