On Friday 22 June 2018 23:12:58 Nick Koretsky wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:30:24 +0200 > > Stefan Krusche <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Am Freitag 22 Juni 2018 schrieb William Morder: > > > So here's the problem: I got my network working reasonably well, except > > > for one glitch, that it automatically connects at startup. I've tried > > > wicd and tdenetworkmanager, as well as the knetworkmanager. Also I've > > > dabbled with pretty much every other network management tool, and > > > nothing changes. I set the manager so that it does not connect > > > automatically (which worked fine for me in Debian Jessie), but now it > > > keeps resetting the configuration, and automatically connects on > > > startup. > > > > > > After I am up and running, I am able to connect and disconnect with few > > > problems, but this is really annoying. > > > > > > Is it better to change the configuration file in one of these > > > locations? /etc/network/interfaces > > > /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf > > > > Hello Bill, > > > > in case I understood correctly and you don't want to connect to the > > internet at boot time, have you tried this in "/etc/default/networking"?: > > > > # Set to 'no' to skip interfaces configuration on boot > > #CONFIGURE_INTERFACES=yes > > This is bad idea. It would cause ALL interfaces not to come up at boot, > including lo, which can cause some deamons not to start and other to behave > weirdly. > > Removing auto clause from wlan0 (or whatever you wifi interface name is) > in /etc/network/interfaces should be enough for stopping auto connect at > startup if you are not also autostarting some gui misconfiguration program. Yes, I was intending to try those places I mentioned above. This other suggestion was a last resort, and I was sort of thinking the same thing. I only want wlan0 not to connect until I do so manually. Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
