From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C97C7138CBD for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:03:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 85218E09B5; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:03:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-f171.google.com (mail-lb0-f171.google.com [209.85.217.171]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4C9C7E0997 for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:03:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbiz12 with SMTP id z12so8240697lbi.12 for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 05:03:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=9ptXnPjsqfbW46LNOKPmQ2V+XU6u7qQDMmHu/FB8fro=; b=k/dScPCAjw7K8Tor4UlFEgiOeRgEtHyooU7oZhAhU9+9sQczv6Un/Nz344tz8xccYY 9YT6ribMLZ4ULASpK/966g3PsiYRlqpadXeexzGz1qXM4ySZYEzP2Qq/YAbIjbtNp8PO T0xS4oEKskjl2E7y5njuAiA3a7QNvVPADqohn2S7qjyTZ8EGhjQ9pmNNawtARn1ULwZh jeHUCfaqs70VqxgRjz8ETpCeBxb01HuEdFzk2hmyzfIlhZpXoC9lfWgkCwWX6ZhuKF4t vQVpW7U+yR15KYTALjmcKgbaijWqjgME4zAqYKW5KUx2X2b1pgXBKHFgPduwl/Q/DgHm Tjmg== X-Received: by 10.152.204.6 with SMTP id ku6mr1180639lac.62.1426075390760; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 05:03:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from digger ([178.70.71.200]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id kd7sm676930lbc.42.2015.03.11.05.03.09 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 11 Mar 2015 05:03:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 08:03:06 -0400 From: German To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Network manager [ control of wireless and wired interafaces] Message-Id: <20150311080306.083c3a104406ed7248b3ea76@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <55002C62.1050304@gmail.com> References: <20150311051932.28eaa67098f3a97064353fcf@gmail.com> <3476120.3dExncvGH4@navi> <20150311111506.14db87cf@digimed.co.uk> <20150311074006.4aee398987be0d2d0cec3c5d@gmail.com> <55002C62.1050304@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.4.2 (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 963da384-62d0-4ce9-bb52-618dd4829642 X-Archives-Hash: 90d8848d17cc15c251e667fe4f20e531 On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:52:02 +0200 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 11/03/2015 13:40, German wrote: > >> wpa_supplicant doesn't handle switching between wored and wireless > >> > interfaces, which is why I suggest a network manager. That could be > >> > NetworkManager, but you could equally use Wicd. Both are in portage. > >> > > >> > Alternatively, you could just set up the two interfacs > >> > in /etc/conf.d/net and switch between them by starting and > >> > stopping /etc/init.d/net.{eth0,wlan0}. > >> > > >> > It depends on how automatic you want it. > > Ok, I tried to emerge networkmanger and it tries to pull a bunch of dependencies which I do not need, e.g. x11-proto, x11-libs. I already set use flag to -X because for now I will be happy with console mode, but it still tries to pull them. How do I tell portage not emerge unneeded dependencies? Thanks > > > > > You tell portage to not pull in unneeded dependencies by setting the > appropriate USE flags. The people you are asking for assistance will > determine this by reading the ebuild, or by using the appropriate > portage tools to figure it out. You should start learning these skills > yourself so you can answer your own questions. > > 1. Run eix-e networkmanager. There is nothing there related to x11. eix-e: command not found. What to do? > > 2. Read the ebuild for networkmanager-1.0.0. There is nothing in there > related to x11, so that's not it. > > 3. Run emerge -pvt networkmanager. This will give an indented view of > what is pulling in what. Find the entries of x11-proto etc and see what > is pulling them in. Investigate those packages to disable x11. > > > > -- > Alan McKinnon > alan.mckinnon@gmail.com > > -- German