Anno domini 2020 Thu, 3 Sep 10:27:43 -0700 William Morder via trinity-users scripsit: > > On Thursday 03 September 2020 10:01:53 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > Anno domini 2020 Thu, 3 Sep 07:57:03 -0700 > > > > William Morder via trinity-users scripsit: > > > While I have Internet, of a sort, I still have a few glitches; for > > > example, I cannot go offline, then go online again. Somehow, wicd either > > > auto-connects to my wifi network; when instead, I want to enable wifi, > > > then look at the available network choices, because my local network has > > > several nodes or access points within the building where I live, and > > > somehow it doesn't always choose the strongest or closest signal. I have > > > an access point right outside my door, yet autoconnect seems to avoid it. > > > > > > But when I try to disconnect, sometimes wicd seems to hang on, and show > > > me still connected, yet I can't download emails or go online for other > > > stuff. When I run macchanger, it keeps showing me that my mac address > > > changes; and I run knetstats-trinity (which is a nice simple gui tool) > > > and it shows my wireless is connected then disconnected, shows activity > > > then no activity; yet in reality, I can't go online. So my only recourse > > > at this point is to reboot. > > > > > > When I tried to get tdenetworkmanager to run, I had those problems > > > already discussed earlier. I managed to download the packages and > > > dependencies to install network-manager-tde without systemd, so it all > > > *seems* like it ought to work out right, but I always end up going back > > > to wicd; which, again, is only sort of half-working at the moment, and I > > > must keep rebooting. > > > > > > How would I go about pruning away the wicd stuff that I don't want, and > > > keeping only the tdenetworkmanager and required dependencies, etc.? I've > > > search apt-get, but I believe that I already have all the dependencies > > > and recommends. I can't think what else I might have missed. > > > > > > Bill > > > > Just my experience: eiter use wicd (and uninstall network-manager) or use > > networkmanager (and uninstall wicd). > > > > Yeah, that's where I think I am headed. I already spent most of the past two > years using wicd instead of tdenetworkmanager. I just keep hoping that I will > get a different answer, so I ask the fortune teller to give me another > reading, and then another ... > > I would be okay with using wicd instead; no problem. But now when I go > offline, wicd doesn't offer me "options" -- that is, it looks like it hangs > on, like it's still online, and I cannot get back online without rebooting. > > Maybe I should run wicd as root? I don't like to do that. Usually wicd doesn't > behave in this manner, which I why I'm bothered. the deamon part of wicd runs as root, your gui client communicates with that daemon. there's also a wicd-cli for pure hearted. btw, what's in your /etc/netwok/interfaces? since beowulf/buster anything but "lo" will give trouble. > > I am not in control of my network connection -- as proved by the fact that I > can't go online/offline or offline/online without rebooting. This is what is > driving me crazy. > > If anybody is annoyed by my complaints, and failure to resolve my own issues, > please be patient with me, and remember that I never had any problems with my > network itself for the past few years. I would bounce between > tdenetworkmanager and wicd, it's true, but my network connection was stable, > and I felt in control. I had other problems, yes, but this is different. > > Bill > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... > Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...