Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general
No more issue rn, I installed with wifi-connect . The problem I was having is, even after I inputted the SSID and password in the file, the command to connect were not working. I don't have the log right now (since I installed), so I can't tell further. On 07/25/2017 06:48 AM, Michael Singh via

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Michael Singh via arch-general
Hi what issues are you having with wpa_supplicant? Best regards, Michael M: + 1 914 266 0601 > On Jul 24, 2017, at 05:42, Robert Wong via arch-general > wrote: > > Emm... And I'd say I'm sorry for what I've said today... > > > RW > > Original Message > Subject: Re: [arch-

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread João Miguel via arch-general
A 2017-07-24T07:54:02 +, Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general escreveu: > I've installed ArchLinux on 3 desktops so far, and I've done them > successfully, so I must have *RTFM* , I was just wondering why is it > hard to configure wifi. Since I failed to configure wifi with > wpa_supplicant. I'll

Re: [arch-general] (Off-topic) Command-line torrent download tool

2017-07-24 Thread Jude DaShiell
lftp with torrent command used inside has been known to work too. On Mon, 24 Jul 2017, Jan Koppe wrote: Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 16:43:28 From: Jan Koppe Reply-To: General Discussion about Arch Linux To: arch-general@archlinux.org Subject: Re: [arch-general] (Off-topic) Command-line torrent dow

Re: [arch-general] (Off-topic) Command-line torrent download tool

2017-07-24 Thread Jan Koppe
On 24.07.2017 20:25, Storm Dragon via arch-general wrote: > Howdy, > I'm glad there's now something other than rtorrent. Rtorrent works > usually, but there are some torrents that just refuse to work with it, > hopefully this new, in development CLI tool will fil in the gap. you might want to tak

Re: [arch-general] (Off-topic) Command-line torrent download tool

2017-07-24 Thread Martin Kühne via arch-general
On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 8:25 PM, Storm Dragon via arch-general wrote: > Howdy, Howdy > I'm glad there's now something other than rtorrent. Rtorrent works usually, > but there are some torrents that just refuse to work with it, hopefully this > new, in development CLI tool will fil in the gap. >

Re: [arch-general] (Off-topic) Command-line torrent download tool

2017-07-24 Thread Storm Dragon via arch-general
Howdy, I'm glad there's now something other than rtorrent. Rtorrent works usually, but there are some torrents that just refuse to work with it, hopefully this new, in development CLI tool will fil in the gap. Are you planning to make a PKGBUILD for it in the AUR, or do you want someone else to

Re: [arch-general] (Off-topic) Command-line torrent download tool

2017-07-24 Thread Martin Kühne via arch-general
except KeyboardInterrupt: print("\nAborted!\n") sys.exit() Don't check if your eyes may bleed from imposter code. cheers! mar77i

Re: [arch-general] (Off-topic) Command-line torrent download tool

2017-07-24 Thread Jelle van der Waa
On 07/24/17 at 01:45pm, Kryptxy via arch-general wrote: > [Off-topic] > Command-line torrent download tool for linux and windows OS. The tool fetches > torrents from TPB proxy sites. Its written in Python3. > > Here - https://github.com/kryptxy/torrench > I've really want some adoption, I sugge

[arch-general] (Off-topic) Command-line torrent download tool

2017-07-24 Thread Kryptxy via arch-general
[Off-topic] Command-line torrent download tool for linux and windows OS. The tool fetches torrents from TPB proxy sites. Its written in Python3. Here - https://github.com/kryptxy/torrench Suggestions/feedback is appreciated. Hope someone finds this useful :)

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general
So I installed arch on my laptop, wifi-menu -o worked perfectly (althought it could not find 5GHz network), so I guess we don't need to replace something that's working. Thanks everyone for your opinion.

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 24 Jul 2017 07:47:11 -0400, Eli Schwartz wrote: >The OP specifically asked about the archiso, not a "default >installation" (of which there is, of course, none). Good point! That was a misunderstanding. On Mon, 24 Jul 2017 07:54:11 -0400, Eli Schwartz wrote: >Asking people to use wpa_supp

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Robert Wong via arch-general
Emm... And I'd say I'm sorry for what I've said today... RW Original Message Subject: Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO From: Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general To: arch-general@archlinux.org CC: Junayeed Ahnaf I've installed ArchLinux on 3 desktops so

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Martin Kühne via arch-general
Apologies for appearing unaware of both the presence and/or hideousness of netctl. cheers! mar77i

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Eli Schwartz
On 07/24/2017 01:50 AM, Martin Kühne via arch-general wrote: > Network manager actually limits users in that, when started, it plugs > its own configuration atop of whatever the user is doing manually. > Some features you might need are not supported like setting up a > bridge, too. Additionally, t

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Eli Schwartz
On 07/24/2017 05:29 AM, Jelle van der Waa wrote: > On 07/24/17 at 09:40am, Bennett Piater wrote: >> >> >> On July 24, 2017 9:36:39 AM GMT+02:00, Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general >> wrote: >>> All fine and good but I don't see arch being installed on something >>> other than desktop/laptop. Of cou

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Jude DaShiell
A temporary ethernet connection in another location likely will work with sufficient download privileges. On Mon, 24 Jul 2017, Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general wrote: Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 07:21:49 From: Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general To: "arch-general@archlinux.org" Cc: Junayeed Ahnaf Sub

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Alex Theotokatos via arch-general
On 07/24/2017 02:21 PM, Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general wrote: How can I install dialog when I don't have wifi? ArchIso has preinstalled the 'dialog' package. Is there an error when you give the 'wifi-menu' command?

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general
How can I install dialog when I don't have wifi? Sent from BlueMail On Jul 24, 2017, at 5:17 PM, Jude DaShiell mailto:jdash...@panix.com>> wrote: try the -o switch with wifi-menu is helpful and make sure you already have the dialog package installed before you r

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Jude DaShiell
try the -o switch with wifi-menu is helpful and make sure you already have the dialog package installed before you run wifi-menu. On Mon, 24 Jul 2017, Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general wrote: Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 03:54:02 From: Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general To: "arch-general@archlinux.org"

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Martin Kühne via arch-general
On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Ryan Petris via arch-general wrote: > I thought I'd point out that, if the default image doesn't meet your needs, > you can always build your own > with the packages you want. > Are you asking those same users who a

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Ryan Petris via arch-general
I thought I'd point out that, if the default image doesn't meet your needs, you can always build your own with the packages you want. On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 5:29 AM Jelle van der Waa wrote: > On 07/24/17 at 09:40am, Bennett Piater wrote: > > > > >

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Jelle van der Waa
On 07/24/17 at 09:40am, Bennett Piater wrote: > > > On July 24, 2017 9:36:39 AM GMT+02:00, Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general > wrote: > >All fine and good but I don't see arch being installed on something > >other than desktop/laptop. Of course there are niche cases as arch > >server I do not d

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Damjan Georgievski via arch-general
On 24 July 2017 at 07:30, Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general wrote: > Hello, > > Why is there no NetworkManager in ArchISO? Isn't it widely accepted as > the go to method of connecting to internet in Linux? Is there any reason > for it not to be default? I would say that the reason NM is not on Arch

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Hi, my Arch install is a desktop computer connected to the Internet, but I don't use NM and actually even Evolution (the GNOME MUA) is running. I simply have two scripts, one based upon "modprobe -v pppoe; ip link set", the other based upon "dhcpcd". Currently I use the latter. I could copy thos

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Bradley Klee via arch-general
It could also be useful to compare with: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dhcpcd Considering minimalist focus of arch and use of systemd, maybe a more apt question would be: why does the installation collection include "dhcpcd"? Do not confuse me for an expert, but I think the main answer i

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Paul Gideon Dann via arch-general
On 24 July 2017 at 08:54, Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > I've installed ArchLinux on 3 desktops so far, and I've done them > successfully, so I must have *RTFM* , I was just wondering why is it > hard to configure wifi. Since I failed to configure wifi with

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general
I've installed ArchLinux on 3 desktops so far, and I've done them successfully, so I must have *RTFM* , I was just wondering why is it hard to configure wifi. Since I failed to configure wifi with wpa_supplicant. I'll try with wifi-menu today, and report progress. No need to be so aggressive m

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Henrik Danielsson via arch-general
2017-07-24 9:36 GMT+02:00 Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general : > All fine and good but I don't see arch being installed on something > other than desktop/laptop. Of course there are niche cases as arch > server I do not doubt but how much of arch install base is traditional > desktop? I think it's rat

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Robert Wong via arch-general
A general Arch installation is nothing but a minimal set of GNU/Linux system with a package manager, which can be configured into anything. I'm not going any further for you have made yourself clear that you haven't done your research. Offensive as it can be, I'd say *RTFM*. PS: It's apparently na

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Bennett Piater
On July 24, 2017 9:36:39 AM GMT+02:00, Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general wrote: >All fine and good but I don't see arch being installed on something >other than desktop/laptop. Of course there are niche cases as arch >server I do not doubt but how much of arch install base is traditional >desk

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general
All fine and good but I don't see arch being installed on something other than desktop/laptop. Of course there are niche cases as arch server I do not doubt but how much of arch install base is traditional desktop? I think it's rather high. On 07/24/2017 01:30 PM, ITwrx.org wrote: > On 07/24/2

Re: [arch-general] Why there is no NetworkManager in ArchISO

2017-07-24 Thread ITwrx.org
On 07/24/2017 12:30 AM, Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general wrote: > Why is there no NetworkManager in ArchISO? Arch Linux is not like desktop focused distributions. Therefore, it's ISO does not come with "everything but the kitchen sink" where you have a turn-key desktop after running a GUI installer