Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and NetworkManager

[Bruce Hill <daddy@happypenguincomputers.com>]

On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 06:59:00PM +0200, András Csányi wrote:
> >>> At the moment I don't have any network connection on that machine. If
> >>> I want it then I have to remove networkmanager package and let the
> >>> rc-process to handle the networks.
> >>>
> >>> Is there a place where that is described how possible to solve this
> >>> issue? Is there a tutorial about networkmanager where the
> >>> configuration is described or something like this? What right is
> >>> needed or something? I have googled a few hours but I haven't found
> >>> anything.
> >
> > Again, try adding your user to the plugdev group.
> >
> >>> I appreciate your help!
> >>
> >>
> >> unmerge nm and everything associated with it.
> >> Comment out all lines in /etc/conf.d/net
> >>
> >> emerge wicd with the USE flags of your choice.
> >>
> >> All your problems will instantly go away, stay away, and wicd will do
> >> the right thing always for networking. I promise.
> >
> > If the problem is that the user is not in the plugdev group, it will
> > also happen with wicd, which makes this one of the worsts pieces of
> > advice I have seen in this list. Which is a lot to say.
> 
> Yes, it happened the same with wicd as well. After I added the user to
> the plugdev group everything is working fine.

From wicd-1.6 and onward you're not required to be in plugdev, but users
group. The present stable wicd in net-misc/wicd-1.7.2.4-r2

Read the postinst messages for all the apps you install. For that package:
/var/log/portage/elog/net-misc\:wicd-1.7.2.4-r2\:20130419-223012.log

It's nice to install app-portage/elogv and issue "elogv" to view elogs created
by Portage (read it's log, also).

Cheers,
Bruce
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