On Saturday 23 June 2018 02:09:20 Stefan Krusche wrote:
> Am Samstag 23 Juni 2018 schrieb Nick Koretsky:
> > On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:30:24 +0200
> >
> > Stefan Krusche <linux@...> wrote:
> > > in case I understood correctly and you don't want to connect to the
> > > internet at boot time, have you tried this in
> > > "/etc/default/networking"?:
> > >
> > > # Set to 'no' to skip interfaces configuration on boot
> > > #CONFIGURE_INTERFACES=yes
> >
> > This is bad idea. It would cause ALL interfaces not to come up at boot,
> > including lo, which can cause some deamons not to start and other to
> > behave weirdly.
>
> Oh, I didn't know that, it was just a guess. I should have said that I
> hadn't tried that out.
>
> > Removing auto clause from wlan0 (or whatever you wifi interface name is)
> > in /etc/network/interfaces should be enough for stopping auto connect at
> > startup if you are not also autostarting some gui misconfiguration
> > program.
>
> Thank you,
> Stefan
>
> 
Not to worry. I am usually pretty cautious; and if I screw up something based 
on other people's suggestions, it is only lost time, as I always back up 
everything. 

Bill