How the applet NetworkManager works?

[Derek Broughton]

Darryl Clarke wrote:

> On 4/24/06, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:

>> If you have _anything_ about wireless interfaces (perhaps not wired
>> ones),
>> it _does_ fail to start.  /usr/sbin/NetworkManager does not run.  Now,
>> perhaps it's because it finds no interfaces it should manage - but if so,
>> it should exit with a message, instead of just failing.
> 
> File a bug[1], or follow up on any existnig ones.  I haven't seen this
> behaviour personally, but if you file a bug I'm sure someone will be
> able to follow up on it.
> 
> [1] https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bugs

I think not - the bug's already there upstream, and I don't want to
overburden launchpad with known bugs.  Unless it's appropriate to file a
bug on Launchpad, with the related link to upstream?

>> Also, there's no documentation that you have to comment out the network
>> interfaces, nor is there any indication of how you should replace the
>> features that are _in_ interfaces, so everybody who uses this hits the
>> same problem.
> 
> That's why it's not installed by default, nor available in 'main'

Sure, but saying that NetworkManager works "as designed" without users
having any way to know what that consists of is a bit flippant.

> It's simply not ready for primetime.  It's being pushed for Edgy Eft
> though, so it will progress in leaps and bounds.
> 
> OTOH, It works, very well, for me. :)

It's working _fairly_ well for me - well enough that I _am_ filing bugs and
trying to work out the technicalities.  I'm convinced it's the future of
network configuration.  If I could only figure out what I need to do to get
it to automatically associate with my wireless router.
-- 
derek