Gnome's control-center now requires NetworkManager-wifi. But it's only a soft requirement, no shared libs involved. To keep your workstation NM-free, you want to install a dummy package that provides NetworkManager-wifi but actually contains nothing, ideally before updating to 7.5. Here's a script to create such a dummy: https://github.com/larsks/fakeprovide If you do this, control-center shows a sad face and some text (Oops, blah, blah, ...) in the WiFi tab. Just the same you always got in the network tab without NM. That's all. -M.
On 15 May 2018 at 16:55, Michael Lampe <lampe at gcsc.uni-frankfurt.de> wrote:> Gnome's control-center now requires NetworkManager-wifi. But it's only a > soft requirement, no shared libs involved. > > To keep your workstation NM-free, you want to install a dummy package that > provides NetworkManager-wifi but actually contains nothing, ideally before > updating to 7.5. Here's a script to create such a dummy: > https://github.com/larsks/fakeprovide > > If you do this, control-center shows a sad face and some text (Oops, blah, > blah, ...) in the WiFi tab. Just the same you always got in the network tab > without NM. That's all. >Note that the 'network' service is considered legacy and gets just basic fixes. It's not been recommended to disable NetworkManager for years at this point. Unless you have a really tricky setup with openvswitch or something like that it's a bad idea to disable NetworkManager at this point in time. As yourself why you are doing it, and what you are really hoping to gain. Have a read of this to get a better grasp on NM: https://www.hogarthuk.com/?q=node/18
Le 16/05/2018 ? 13:55, James Hogarth a ?crit :> Unless you have a really tricky setup with openvswitch or something > like that it's a bad idea to disable NetworkManager at this point in > time. > > As yourself why you are doing it, and what you are really hoping to > gain.I've been a Slackware user for years before definitely moving to CentOS in April 2017. Those Slackware years have conveyed a deep sense of the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) principle. I just remove stuff I have no use for, for a variety of reasons. For example, I usually remove firewalld on a fresh installation, since I prefer a good old iptables script. But then, I'll just go with the flow and adapt, and if Red Hat decides I have to use NetworkManager to configure a DHCP desktop client, so be it. Niki -- Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables 7, place de l'?glise - 30730 Montpezat Site : https://www.microlinux.fr Blog : https://blog.microlinux.fr Mail : info at microlinux.fr T?l. : 04 66 63 10 32