On Sun, 2013-02-03 at 23:13 +0000, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sun, Feb 03, 2013 at 02:57:21PM -0800, Michael C. Robinson wrote: > > Is it possible to install gnome-shell without installing network manager? > > > > It is not needed on an NFS root system. > > > No idea, but google thinks it is/was possible, at least in debian as > of last April - see > http://debian.2.n7.nabble.com/getting-rid-of-the-gnome-shell-network-manager-dependency-td2320639.html > > Or, perhaps, https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/29222
Those threads aren't talking about not having NM installed though - just about not having it running. I don't think it's possible to build Gnome 3 without having it installed, though I imagine someone could easily patch it to avoid building the NM tools... Simon. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
