NM: the usual rant
Bill Davidsen
davidsen at tmr.com
Wed Mar 11 22:07:39 UTC 2009
Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
>
>> Hmm - I had a problem with NM. I reported it. I gave feedback as and
> when
>> requested. The problem is solved. I'm not complaining :-)
>
> I agree with you in principle.
> But it is very difficult to pin down a problem that only arises
> from time to time.
> In my experience NM starts on this laptop about 60% of the time,
> after one re-boot about 25% of the time,as
> and after two re-boots about 10% of the time.
>
> I don't find anything that helps except a complete reboot.
> I wish I could get NM connecting before login;
> then I could tell if it wasn't working,
> and start again in that case.
>
My experience is that the checkbox for enabling at boot time is there for a
reason, unfortunately the reason doesn't seem to be so that the network will
actually be connected before login. I have it checked but the light on the USB
WiFi doesn't even blink until I log in, at which point it suddenly negotiates a
connection.
And if you need to use it remotely, better just write a script, if there's a way
to tell it to connect to the AP *first* then start the VPN to the home office, I
haven't found it, and of course writing usable documentation, as Mathew says "is
not a good use of developer time." Which is a polite way of saying that "if it
was hard to write it should be hard to use."
--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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