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
Ranjan Maitra wrote:
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:
It's a runtime library, required by certain applications to... detect network status (obviously, only functional if actually using NetworkManager, mind you). In short, leave 'em alone.
-- rex
On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 08:44:44 -0500 Rex Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu wrote:
Ranjan Maitra wrote:
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:
It's a runtime library, required by certain applications to... detect network status (obviously, only functional if actually using NetworkManager, mind you). In short, leave 'em alone.
Thanks very much! It appears that geoclue is what requires libnm (inexplicably in my thinking) and the others are all in a cascading effect wrt geoclue.
On the other hand, I was wondering: is there a benefit to using NetworkManager over wicd? Just curious, because both seem to have the same functionality: I like that wicd provides me with more scanning information. But does this additional information come at a price? Both are from the fedora repos.
Many thanks and best wishes, Ranjan
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Ranjan Maitra maitra@iastate.edu wrote:
On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 08:44:44 -0500 Rex Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu wrote:
Ranjan Maitra wrote:
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:
It's a runtime library, required by certain applications to... detect network status (obviously, only functional if actually using NetworkManager, mind you). In short, leave 'em alone.
Thanks very much! It appears that geoclue is what requires libnm (inexplicably in my thinking) and the others are all in a cascading effect wrt geoclue.
On the other hand, I was wondering: is there a benefit to using NetworkManager over wicd? Just curious, because both seem to have the same functionality: I like that wicd provides me with more scanning information. But does this additional information come at a price? Both are from the fedora repos.
wicd doesn't support mobile broadband adapters, PPoE, VPNs, or IPv6, among other things.
Many thanks and best wishes, Ranjan
-T.C.
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