HI,
This morning, I have been trying out wicd/wicd-gtk in place of NetworkManager. This works pretty well so far. So, I was trying to erase NetworkManager-gtk and this is what I get:
=============================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size =============================================================================== Removing: NetworkManager-glib x86_64 1:0.9.1.90-1.git20110927.fc15 @updates 675 k NetworkManager-gtk x86_64 1:0.9.1.90-1.git20110927.fc15 @updates 164 k Removing for dependencies: claws-mail-plugins x86_64 3.7.9-4.fc15 @updates 6.3 k claws-mail-plugins-fancy x86_64 3.7.9-4.fc15 @updates 105 k geoclue x86_64 0.12.0-7.fc15 @fedora 266 k midori x86_64 0.4.0-1.fc17 @rawhide 3.5 M webkitgtk x86_64 1.4.2-1.fc15 @updates 29 M
Transaction Summary =============================================================================== Remove 7 Package(s) Installed size: 34 M Is this ok [y/N]:
I wonder why these other dependencies would specifically depend on the NetworkManager-glib/gtk. The network is understandable, but specifically NetworkManager-*? If this needs to be reported, what should it be reported under? The specific individual components?
A couple more questions: where do I set up wicd to be automatically started upon boot? I seem to think I knew this, but could not find it anywhere in my notes -- sorry I can usually not find much of the little I keep :-(
Also, are there any benefits to using NetworkManager over wicd, say? The former seems too big, with all its dependencies, but an in-house Fedora product from what I recall.
Many thanks and best wishes, Ranjan