On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 06:05:09AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Hi Devuan network users and adminstrators, > > I was recently suprised to observe network interfaces > (wlan0 and eth0) going up without my issuing commands for > it. I'd disable an interface, then see it go right back up. > > I somehow guessed that the culprit might be wicd, and > confirmed that a wicd process was active. I never > ran any of the wicd admin tools. > > The list of wicd features does not mention that it > interferes with managing networks using net-tools or > iproute2 commands. > > Is this a bug, or a documentation bug? Certainly, the > behavior is less-than-awesome. If one wants to learn about > networking on linux, or to administer a system using > conventional command-line tools, one should know that wicd > needs to be removed. > > Do net-tools and iproute2 need to warn against wicd? > Should wicd warn that it disrupts administration via net-tools? > > I wonder if there is any parallel in how in linux we > administer /etc/resolv.conf. > > Do you have any thoughts about clarifying how to expect the > networking environment to work under linux?
Using ascii on my netbook here. It has a socket for a wired ethernet, but so far I've been using wifi. I've been using wicd to manage wifi. I'm finding wifi at home somewhat unreliable. It was more reliabe a few years ago before I moved to a condo; it's entirely possible that the unreliablity is because of interference from other wifis in other condos in the building. My Raspberry pi, which runs Devuan ascii, has a wired link because I've never ound the right wifi driver. But the wired link is quite reliable. Last week I plugged the same wired ethernet cable into the netbook instead of the Raspberry Pi. Wicd recognised it. But when asked it to turn wifi off, it did that, but I was unable to get wicd to operate through the wired ethernet. I haven't yet had time to experiment further, and am entirely unsure if I just don't know how to use wicd, or if wicd presents unusable alternatives. I'd *like* it to connect to the wired link if available, and otherwise to wifi. -- hendrik > > regards, > > > -- > Joel Roth > > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
