turn off network manager in Ubuntu

[Karl F. Larsen]

Steven Susbauer wrote:
> Rashkae wrote:
>   
>> Chris Jones wrote:
>>     
>>> On 27 Apr 2009, at 7:16PM, Rashkae wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> hong zhang wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Thanks for info. But may I just disable it instead remove it?
>>>>>           
>>>> Yes, but it's neither pretty nor supported
>>>>
>>>> Look in /etc/dbus-1/event.d where you will find the network manager
>>>> startup scripts.  Move them somewhere else.
>>>>         
>>> As you say this is ugly, and if you ever change your mind and want to  
>>> re-enable NM, you will need to remember precisely how you crippled it...
>>>
>>> Why not just complete remove it if you don't want it ? Seems the  
>>> cleanest solution, and if you ever change your mind it is just an apt- 
>>> get install away ...
>>>
>>>       
>> Someone might be in a situation where they may need to re-enable NM
>> without a working network connection.. (go figure).. I am,, really,
>> appalled that a method to tame/control/enable/disable NM does not yet
>> exist in the GUI (and in fact, instead, all GUI network configuration
>> has been moved into NM, and while I've not tested Jaunty yet,
>> historically, it's been really bad at it.)
>>
>>     
>
> There is nothing in /etc/dbus-1/event.d on my system (Jaunty). To
> disable NetworkManager I run "sudo update-rc.d -f NetworkManager
> remove", which removes it from the init scripts and it won't start
> automatically, adding it back again uses the same command with different
> options. If you want to start it manually you run "sudo
> /etc/init.d/NetworkManager start".
>
> I have not done it with NM other than a quick test (and the nm-applet
> stayed in Gnome, though nonfunctional), but do it on most of my systems
> with gdm as I like to choose when I have a GUI.
>
> I am a bit confused as to why anyone would clobber something rather than
> simply telling it not to start. :)
>
>   
    I am confused why anyone would want to turn off Network-manager. It 
is a bit clutzy but it works fine for me. I tried the other out of 
curiosity and could not get IT to work, even though the group said it 
"Just works" :-)


Karl