yeti | because it is the default? | 08:57 |
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rrq | LeePen: isn't wpa_gui an alternative a well? | 13:18 |
rrq | .. the package is "wpagui"; the binary is wpa_gui | 13:22 |
LeePen | rrq: Never tried it myself. From the package description it looks as if it only manages wifi. Have you used it for wired? | 17:43 |
Unit193 | Some people liked ceni to do some networking things too, I think it's a TUI but I never used it. | 17:47 |
tuxd3v | Unit193, Ceni is nice, it does the job, but its cli | 18:25 |
Xenguy | tuxd3v, Is ceni suitable for managing different public wifi connections easily? | 18:27 |
tuxd3v | Xenguy, it has wifi, and ethernet options, however I only tested him with ethernet | 18:32 |
tuxd3v | but its a cli application | 18:32 |
Xenguy | I have not tried ceni, but it looks like it uses ncurses, so maybe a 'TUI' (text user interface) ? | 18:34 |
Xenguy | I just removed wicd (which will not be available in Chimaera I'm told), and replaced it with connman/cmst, and it works well so far... | 18:35 |
Xenguy | Ceni might be worth a look too; I tend to like ncurses software | 18:36 |
tuxd3v | yes it uses, its a perl application very small in size very self contained, and its nice. | 18:36 |
tuxd3v | does conman/cmst work with ethernet + WiFi ? | 18:36 |
Xenguy | connman/cmst handles ethernet fine, and just looking at wifi now. Appears to show nearby wireless AP's fine. | 18:40 |
tuxd3v | ho, we also have the heitor application too, but don't know if its packed | 18:48 |
tuxd3v | the simple-netaid | 18:48 |
fsmithred | it's not in the repo yet | 18:49 |
Xenguy | Any idea how trivial or non-trivial it would be to get an option for connman/cmst into MATE? | 19:14 |
Xenguy | Like what was done recently for XFCE | 19:14 |
LeePen | Xenguy: do you mean into task-mate-desktop? | 19:20 |
Xenguy | LeePen, I think that is what I mean, yes; corresponding to the recent similar operation in XFCE | 19:21 |
Xenguy | IIUC, currently task-mate-desktop only references network-manager (nm) by default? | 19:22 |
LeePen | Yes, I didn't change that. But it is easy to if that is what is wanted. | 19:23 |
Xenguy | Great, if it is easy to do, I think it would be a good idea to offer an alternative to nm. But I would be inclined to defer to more expert opinions : -) | 19:24 |
LeePen | Done in tasksel 3.65+devuan3. Just building now. | 19:34 |
Xenguy | Ask and ye shall receive : -) Thanks very much LeePen | 19:35 |
fsmithred | I just removed n-m from a mate install and it did not complain. I installed ceni, and that seems to work fine (wired) | 19:41 |
Xenguy | It's good to know that the world does not revolve around n-m alone | 19:41 |
fsmithred | ok, one thing to watch out for with ceni... | 19:45 |
fsmithred | 'scuse me, Ceni | 19:45 |
fsmithred | it does not tell you if your interfaces file already has stuff in it, and it just replaces the file. | 19:46 |
fsmithred | I tested with my bridge setup file, and it's all gone. | 19:46 |
onefang | Does it's own result also get overwritten on a later run? | 19:48 |
Xenguy | Hrm, thanks for the heads-up | 19:49 |
fsmithred | onefang, I think so | 19:49 |
* onefang sticks with a text editor then. | 19:50 | |
fsmithred | oh, I missed a screen before, maybe because I double-clicked | 19:50 |
fsmithred | I have three choices: Reconfigure eth0, remove configuration for eth0, cancel | 19:51 |
fsmithred | Reconfigure presents the setup screen with the fields already filled in with the values in the file | 19:52 |
fsmithred | Remove gives you a blank setup screen, and if you accept it with no values, you get a dhcp stanza for eth0. | 19:53 |
fsmithred | ok, double-click was not the problem. With my comples interfaces file, it just gives me an empty setup screen with Reconfigure. | 19:54 |
fsmithred | I think it should give a warning that there's something in the file that the use should inpect. | 19:55 |
Xenguy | Yeah, sounds a bit crude. Of course it's simple enough to just backup e/n/i before messing with Ceni I suppose | 20:09 |
fsmithred | yeah, that's what I did to test | 20:10 |
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