Probably stupid question, but

[Christofer C. Bell]

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday 27 August 2013 21:11:49 Liam Proven did opine:
>
> > On 27 August 2013 20:05, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> > > This girl of about 55 is intelligent but computer illiterate, and I am
> > > trying to put enough stuff on it that she can actually DO something
> > > once she gets whatever level of networking running that is available
> > > at her
> That latter will likely be up to me taking an evening drive to reconfigure
> what I setup to work here on my local network.
>
> > All the more reason to keep it *absolutely* plain, standard and vanilla.
> >
> > DO NOT put in place any clever hacks, wrinkles, patches, tweaks or
> > anything else. This *especially* goes for your insane
> > read-only-network-config files.
>
> I have not yet resorted to using that ultimate hammer on this particularv
> install, but if Network-Smasher gets in my way at her place, I will NOT
> hesitate to do it if it means I can drive away leaving a dependable
> connection.
>

Alternatively, if you're not meeting with success in disabling
NetworkManager, then install Ubuntu Server and "apt-get install
ubuntu-desktop" once you have it running.  You'll end up with effectively
the same thing without NetworkManger and you'll get a pretty system report
every time you login via ssh to assist her (assuming you're planning on
doing that).

Is this a hackish way to disable NetworkManager?  It sure is, but it will
at least get you the end result you're looking for.  The caveat is that the
installer is a "simplified" version of the Debian installer (same as the
Alternative CD), not the "click this icon to install Ubuntu" deal you get
with the Live CD.   This just means you have a couple more questions to
answer.  It's still pretty intuitive and hard to shoot yourself in the foot.

-- 
Chris

"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the
Universe." -- Carl Sagan
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