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From: Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and NetworkManager
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:13:40
Message-Id: 20130716181328.GG3387@server
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and NetworkManager by "András Csányi"
1 On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 06:59:00PM +0200, András Csányi wrote:
2 > >>> At the moment I don't have any network connection on that machine. If
3 > >>> I want it then I have to remove networkmanager package and let the
4 > >>> rc-process to handle the networks.
5 > >>>
6 > >>> Is there a place where that is described how possible to solve this
7 > >>> issue? Is there a tutorial about networkmanager where the
8 > >>> configuration is described or something like this? What right is
9 > >>> needed or something? I have googled a few hours but I haven't found
10 > >>> anything.
11 > >
12 > > Again, try adding your user to the plugdev group.
13 > >
14 > >>> I appreciate your help!
15 > >>
16 > >>
17 > >> unmerge nm and everything associated with it.
18 > >> Comment out all lines in /etc/conf.d/net
19 > >>
20 > >> emerge wicd with the USE flags of your choice.
21 > >>
22 > >> All your problems will instantly go away, stay away, and wicd will do
23 > >> the right thing always for networking. I promise.
24 > >
25 > > If the problem is that the user is not in the plugdev group, it will
26 > > also happen with wicd, which makes this one of the worsts pieces of
27 > > advice I have seen in this list. Which is a lot to say.
28 >
29 > Yes, it happened the same with wicd as well. After I added the user to
30 > the plugdev group everything is working fine.
31
32 From wicd-1.6 and onward you're not required to be in plugdev, but users
33 group. The present stable wicd in net-misc/wicd-1.7.2.4-r2
34
35 Read the postinst messages for all the apps you install. For that package:
36 /var/log/portage/elog/net-misc\:wicd-1.7.2.4-r2\:20130419-223012.log
37
38 It's nice to install app-portage/elogv and issue "elogv" to view elogs created
39 by Portage (read it's log, also).
40
41 Cheers,
42 Bruce
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