Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 15:12:05 +0200 From: "Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers" <edgaralw...@gmx.de> Subject: Re: network manager config To: BLFS Support List <blfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org> Message-ID: <201004091512.05397.edgaralw...@gmx.de> Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15"
>On Friday 09 April 2010 01:12:05 Dale Stein wrote: >> Hi, I was building NetworkManager-0.8 and one of the config options which >> apparently is required >> is the --with-distro= It builds just fine with Debian as the distro. >> What distro would lfs be closest to? >> Thanks! >Hi Dale, >there is a patch for NetworkManager, which allows to say "--with-distro=LFS". >However, I never got NetworkManager to work. Then I decided to abandone it, >and to install "wicd" instead: http://wicd.sourceforge.net/ >It is an excellent manager, I have been using it for some months now in many >countries. and I never had problems. I can higly recommend it. In mho, wicd >should become incorporate in KDE as the standard network manager. >Hope it helps >Edgar Thanks, I ended up configuring with SUSE Just because it seamed ok. I really have no way to check if it actually works as I have no wireless input device. But will sooner or later. I like the idea of the LFS patch and will use when I rebuild WM in a few days. Thanks a bunch!
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