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Hello.
I'm currently using an USB 3G modem exclusively. That's the thing. Every time I booted up Arch, I noticed that it would hang on the "Starting networking" section each time.
So, I eventually ended up disabling it i the daemons section of the "rc.conf" file.
My overall question is, what networking/internet/modem configurations packages can I do away with all together? Remember I'll never be using ethernet, or dial-up modem, configurations.
I have a feeling that I'm unnecessarily running stuff in the background I don't need, and that maybe the quality of my internet connectivity might improve if I remove unnecessary components.
Arch Linux: x86_64, Default Kernel.
Repos: Core, Extra, Community, Multilib.
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Which daemon did you disable - 'network'?
What networking/internet/modem configurations packages do you have installed?
Last edited by karol (2011-05-28 18:14:29)
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Yes, I changed it to "!network".
All I had to install/update was the packages of wvdial, ppp, and their direct dependencies.
Another thing I noticed is an annoying "Network" icon in the left pane in Thunar. Can it be removed?
I actually "!" disabled the network, and netfs, daemons without any apparent issues. But... when I went to uninstall them via pacman, ie - "pacman -Rnss network netfs", I receive a message "target not found".
Also, I seem to be getting subpar connection speed. In Windows Vista, or Debian, I got a throughput of about 50-100kbps. Even with everything configured properly in Arch, I'm getting speeds of about 10-20kbps.
It seemingly speeds ups, and slows down, constantly for some reason. Like my internet connection speed is surging...
Last edited by Who'sThere? (2011-05-29 04:17:48)
Arch Linux: x86_64, Default Kernel.
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