-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 09:02:15PM -0800, Britton Kerin wrote: > somehow network-manager makes it work. But I've had it with gnome, and none > of the command line tools or references I've found work. That > includes /etc/network/interfaces, > direct use of ifconfig,iw,ip,rfkill,wpa_supplicant,dhclient, and > wicd-client (though it's not really what I want.
I have wireless working (right now) without Network Manager, via ifupdown, on jessie/sid. > Is this even still possible or have the systemd assholes decided we > shouldn't be doing it? Now, now. I don't like systemd myself (and manage to avoid it, I'm still using SysV init), but treating free software developers as "assholes" seems highly inappropriate. > I believe the problem with the traditional wpa_supplicatn approach is > related to syslog entries like > these: > > May 21 17:00:06 debian kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: can't access the > RSA semaphore it is write protected Sorry I can't help you with that specific one. But search engines give some hits which look relevant, like e.g. <https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=210306> > But as I say somehow network-manager makes it work. > > I just got a new laptop after 10 years, I didn't realize how bad the > situation has become with systemd udev gnome etc. Then help others keeping the alternatives up and running. No clients? No product! But mudslinging and insults... we've had enough of those. I both directions. regards - -- t -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAldBVWIACgkQBcgs9XrR2kYWBACcD94f0z4DYRezP8m2Vdf88h6k xcQAnj5gbL5KOXDoyObEcwZcr7lrWjUa =2iwl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
