Le vendredi 23 mars 2012 à 13:35 +0100, Svante Signell a écrit : > Can the Network Manager be controlled/started/configured in console mode > when X is not running? If the answer to the above questions is yes, > maybe that setting (making Network Manager work also without X) would be > the default!
The answer is yes to the three questions; for controlling it’s a bit complicated with the existing CLI tools, but it is very easy to configure connections with ini-like configuration files and start them without X. And for wired connections, it *is* the default. It is not the default for wireless connections for two obvious reasons: you need to be root to configure the details, and you would store WPA passphrases and the like in an insecure way. The reason why NM failed in the situation described is completely unrelated to X, it was related to libpcre which NM also uses. Again, libpcre is a vital part of the system and it should be treated with that much attention. Cheers, -- .''`. Josselin Mouette : :' : `. `' `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1332506635.4294.9.camel@tomoyo