Bug? with 10.11 Plasma/Plasmoids

[Jon Piper]

I don't have a clue why it won't work.  I have done over 300 installs 
(mostly laptops) and I have never gotten it to work once without a lot 
of hassles.  I just solve it by installing "wicd"-- it has never failed 
after I learned the trick of removing ALL references to network manager. 
I always try to use the installation as it comes off the disk but so far 
success has eluded me -- some day I will get smart and just remove it 
from the git go. Any program that is that much trouble needs to be 
scratched at its source.  Maybe it is something in the installation 
program. I don't have the time to scratch my almost bald head raw to fix it.

I just upgraded this laptop to Kubuntu 11.10 -- the network didn't work 
plus it had a funky mouse behavior.  I then installed Linux Mint and it 
worked immediately -- everything out of the box.  I had to reinstall 
some programs and libraries; my panels were exactly the the same, my 
wired and wireless connections worked.  I wish someone would fix network 
manager -- that is the only complaint I have for Kubuntu!
Sorry about the rant -- I am just sad and aggravated a great piece of 
software has been allowed to be ruined by one crappy component.

Blessings,

Jon Piper
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On 11/18/2011 06:12 PM, Steve Riley wrote:
> I am curious to understand why Network Manager seems to cause so much 
> trouble. It has always worked fine for me. So long as I remember to 
> keep /etc/network/interfaces clear of everything except the lines 
> dealing with "lo," NM has cooperated with my configurations that use 
> full DHCP, IP-only DHCP, and static addresses.
>
> ______________
> *Steve Riley*
> stvrly at gmail.com
> +1 (206) 412-1097
>
> On 2011-11-18 05:49, Jon Piper wrote:
>> uteck and other enlightened unix nuts,
>>
>> I think you hit the nail on the head.  I have had NO luck with 
>> network manager.  Until I found wicd, I had no joy.  I think the 
>> difference in hardware.  On my AMD desktop network manager works; on 
>> our four Intel based laptop It will not work -- I don't know how many 
>> hours I have wasted trying to get network manager to be reliable on 
>> these laptops but "wicd" works.  I have been using Kubuntu since 
>> version 6.?? but departed to  Linux Mint when Kubuntu 11.10 had video 
>> problems -- unreliable mouse, etc....
>>
>> If you look for adventure -- get a new version of Linux -- once you 
>> get it fixed you will have a friend until you look for more 
>> adventure.  Windoze is too much adventure for me -- that has been 
>> true since Windows 3.00 and Windoze 7 isn't much better.
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