On Sun, 2017-04-16 at 08:33 -0700, stan wrote: > On Sun, 16 Apr 2017 05:34:40 +0100 > Russel Winder <rus...@winder.org.uk> wrote: > > > I had thought I had removed NetworkManager from my workstation in > > favour of using systemd-networkd. However it seems in the last Rawhide > > update, NetworkManager has reinstalled itself and has enforced > > starting. I tried removing it but it seems GNOME Shell depends on it's > > presence. Isn't this a dependency too far? > > GNOME shell is probably depending on NetworkManager for its updates > handling, so it is integrated in. networkd probably isn't supported > for that functionality. You can check this by leaving NetworkManager > installed, and masking it in systemd, so that it can't be started by > the GNOME update manager (PackageKit?). Then start networkd, and > let it take over network functionality. After a while of running, look > in the logs, journalctl -r, to see if there are any complaints about an > inability to check for updates. It might take a while.
I haven't checked this, but I can't think of any reason the GNOME update system would specifically require NetworkManager. Russel, can you post exactly what output you get from 'dnf remove NetworkManager'? Thanks. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net _______________________________________________ test mailing list -- test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to test-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
