On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 02:23:17PM +1100, Charlie wrote: > [...] > > Hello Henning. > > I have no idea what an e/n/i is. Am one of those unfortunates > that fixes a motor, removes the worn part, takes it to a spare > parts seller and shows them, because I have no idea what they > are called. Brings home the new one and fixes the motor. > > I left school at 14 years of age. Am old now and memory is not all that > good. Googled e/n/i can't discover what it means.
It mainly means that I am a lazy bastard, and for somebody who complains all the time when people are not more explanatory in their posts, a hypocrite too. /e/n/i = /etc/network/interfaces > > I have tried network manager about 15 years or more, ago. Didn't like > it and never touched it again. Then for a short, full of problems time, > the other one as well. Don't recall its name. Dropped that as well. Yes, understandable, Network-Manager had and has its problems. But it has come a long way. It is worth looking at. > > Anyway, I haven't had the wpa-supplicant problem again, so maybe it was > just a momentary glitch. I am always bemused by errors on my computer, > because I think that something which is all about mathematics should > just work. 2 and 2 can only make 4, not 5, not 6 or anything else? I > obviously don't understand the coding in the programs where the human > error must enter the works. > > So thanks for your help, but I can't complete what you ask. > > Just have to get on. Sure, if it works, there is no reason to invest more time into this (at most annoyance). > > Charlie > -- -H -- Henning Follmann | hfollm...@itcfollmann.com