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Robert La Ferla wrote: > The NetworkManager is the most annoying piece of Linux software I have > ever encountered. What genius programmed this piece of trash? More > importantly, how did it get into some distros? It does not support > static IP addresses! Even if you set a static IP, it just ignores it > and uses DHCP instead. So, can I just uninstall it and just go back to > the normal way of setting an IP statically or via dhcp? I'm using > Foresight (rPath)... You can disable it without uninstalling it. I don't know for sure, but it looks like you can remove /etc/xdg/autostart/knetworkmanager-autostart.desktop to prevent it from running. NetworkManager is what I call a "boolean success" application. It either works perfectly for you, or causes you to throw your laptop into an abandoned quarry and drop a boulder on top if it. It is certainly not feature-complete, it gives no indication of what's working or not or what it's currently doing, and is of questionable robustness. Under Fedora, it ran from /etc/init.d, so at least it was easy to disable. It didn't work for me at all. Under Ubuntu, it works almost all the time, except I still can't get onto MIT's network. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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