netwok manager and breezy

[Karl Auer]

Hi there.

I just tried out network manager on my laptop+breezy.

cleared everything bar lo out of /etx//network/interfaces.

- installed network-manager

- NetworkManager and NetworkManagerDispatcher now running

- nm-applet nowhere to be found. Not in the selection for "Add to
panel". Ran /etc/cron.daily/slocate, found /usr/sbin/nm-applet.

- ran nm-applet by nad as root, could get onto wired and unwired nets,
but it took a long time to "find" them.

- but no DNS! NetworkManager apparently starts BIND, but I had another
nameserver running and the NM one couldn't work. Silly -it shoulda
checked!

OK, decided to deinstall NM. Too slow, does silly stuff (WTF does it
need to monkey with my DNS for?!?)

- said "complete removal" in synaptic, seemed to go OK.

- except everything stiil running, OK, start killing. Everything
killable except nm-applet! Kill it, it starts again. Unablew to find out
why. Exit X, restart, applet gone.

- unable to figure out how NM started! Not in /etc/init.d.

So" Is NM any better in dapper? What starts NM? Where is nm-applet after
install. How can I get it into a panel automatically?

Regards, K.

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