f8: NetworkManager + runlevel 3 problem

[John Summerfield]

Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> John Summerfield writes:
> 
>>>
>>> Just telling users to suck it up and use something else instead is very
>>> dismissive.
>>
>> Thanks Chris.
>>
>> Wireless on Fedora sucks, and it seems it will suck for time to come.
> 
> It is very difficult to defend such a broad, absolute statement. All one 
> needs is one counterexample, and your assertion is defeated.
> 
> I have two laptops here, with two different Intel wireless chipsets.
> 
> I installed Fedora 7 on box laptops, and wireless worked from the first 
> boot. Everything's juts peachy. My only complaint is having to enter the 
> stupid gnome keyring password, every time after logging in, in order to 
> retrieve the WPA passphrases.
> 
I have just posted a fairly good rebuttal of this. You should read my 
assertion above in context with other things I said before, and now since.

there's a group of people for whom the design is fine, and you're a 
member of that set. I'm not, and I'va already outlined the several 
wireless systems I have here.

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John

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