What pgm reads the /etc/network/interfaces file? (Installation WPA worked great! Too bad I messed with it!)

Leonard Chatagnier lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
Sun Jun 28 22:13:55 UTC 2009




--- On Sun, 6/28/09, Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca> wrote:

> From: Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca>
> Subject: Re: What pgm reads the /etc/network/interfaces file? (Installation WPA worked great! Too bad I messed with it!)
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 3:17 PM
> NoOp wrote:
> 
> > There are issues with NM:
> > <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/339046>
> > [Wireless WPA key corrupted]
> > <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/291260>
> > [seahorse does not show original wpa passphrase]
> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=557382
> > [WPA password changes into hash, not properly stored]
> > 
> > Were I you, I'd look into installing wicd...
> 
> Oh God, I hear that music playing again.  Sure there
> are issues with 
> NetworkManager - but there are issues with Wicd too, and
> it's not as well 
> supported by Ubuntu.  I see 14 bugs filed against
> wicd, all but 1 one of 
> them still "New" - they're not getting much action. 
> Network-manager has far 
> more open bugs (565) but 60% of them are getting _some_
> attention.
> 
> Sure, go ahead install wicd but don't expect to be able to
> get much help if 
> it doesn't work.
> -- 
> derek
> 
>
FWIW, so far, I haven't needed any help on wicd with dhcp or static IPs.  That's what I want in a NM aplication.-:O) Note the smiley 
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net





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