Do You Use NetworkManager or Wicd?
This poll is for Slackware users only. Please do not vote if you don't use Slackware. Thank you.
A claim made by a board member in another thread prompted this poll. So, in Slackware, do you use NetworkManager or Wicd? If neither, what do you use? Thank you. |
I have used NetworkManager in the past but now am using Wicd. This is on my laptop and I have had problems with wifi at some hotels so I tried this and tried that and in the process have found that I like Wicd and am comfortable using it. My desktop also has Wicd but it is wired so it matters not what I use
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I use raw wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd (in master mode) via this custom rc.inet1:
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#!/bin/sh |
With my current network card, and router, i have been using NetworkManager for quite a while now without any problems. I've also stuck to using NetworkManager for it's additional features provided by the NetworkManager-openvpn slackbuild, which makes it effortless to switch my location for privacy.
Before i got a hold of a "Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx" wifi card, i was having many problems with a Belkin dongle which used the "rt2800usb" driver, where i would get constant unexplainable disconnects, unless i were to use wicd. So for me, it depends on the device in question. I've found some dongles/cards play better with wicd / vice versa. |
Laptops use NetworkManager.
Desktops use rc.inet1. |
I use rc.inet1. Iirc i have actually done it with /sbin/ip when i had a manjaro version installed that didnt want to connect.
I mean seriously, what could be simpler than opening one file in vi, plugging in your numbers, chmod +x, and it just works. Of course my network is pretty simple, two desktops and a router, no wifi, so i guess im lucky in the network management dept. I should add that at one point i tried using Network Mgr. and it was such a mess that i guess it put me off it for ever. |
I use wicd on my laptops but hardwire my servers.
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I've never been too sure how I would use NetworkManager in TWM but then neither have I looked into it. Netconfig suggests adding the applet to the desktop, I run dropbox in stalonetray so maybe I could somehow.
Anyway, wicd offers me wicd-curses which is easy, so I just use that. |
So I just randomly typed nm-applet in xterm, hit enter and it popped up in stalonetray, so there you go.
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Member response
Hi,
I find no need for either. I perform my needs from the cli. I use scripts to control my LAN needs. Slackware64 does have the scripts to use for my needs and I compose my own scripts to use '/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1' via the '/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf' files. Hope this helps. Have fun & enjoy! :hattip: |
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I use NM and the other tools in the suite like the applet and the openvpn plugin. I started using Slackware long after working in other distros, so part of it was being already familiar.
Also I use nmcli and nmtui sometimes if I'm not in a GUI or lack a tray for the applet. |
Desktop: dhcpcd
Laptop: Wicd chose Wicd for poll |
wired rc.inet1.conf, wireless wpa_supplicant.conf
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Desktops can use rc.inet1 as a 3rd option to the above. I say this because my desktop uses NetworkManager with no difficulty, although I do know how to configure rc.inet1 to use DHCP (or a static address), should the need arise (and has several times in the past). |
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