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Alarming_Thing

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Registered: 2021-06-01

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Will I need NetworkManager (only) in GNOME?

I connect using iwd, and haven't installed NetworkManager. From command line things work just fine as this old machine runs mostly in multi-user mode, and occasionally Gnome.
When in gnome settings, the network section shows a freightningly laud screen that says 'Netowk Unavailable' as NetworkManager is not runninng - even  when connected. The systray also doesn't show any network applet.

Does Gnome work only  with NM? Does it not work with systemd networkiig / iwd etc? When I try to install network-manager-applet, it tries to bring in neworkmanager as a dependency. NetworkManager is something I really do not need or want.
Are there any gui tools/applets that work with systemd directly?

Last edited by Alarming_Thing (2024-02-27 15:48:50)

dogknowsnx

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Re: Will I need NetworkManager (only) in GNOME?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GNOME#Network

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,231

Re: Will I need NetworkManager (only) in GNOME?

Basically all of the GUI's come with NetworkManager integration. You can configure NetworkManager to use iwd instead of wpa_supplicant. The only other GUI I know of that includes direct iwd support is conman. But none of these are going to be as integrated into an environment as stuff based on NetworkManager (... because networkmanager provides a stable API to develop interfaces against, most other solutions do not)

Alarming_Thing

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Registered: 2021-06-01

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Re: Will I need NetworkManager (only) in GNOME?

Thanks. I disabled iwd / systemd-networkd, installed & enabled NetworkManager + wpa_supplicant servies, and the network is up and running. _/\_

V1del

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Re: Will I need NetworkManager (only) in GNOME?

You should not explicitly enable wpa_supplicant, NetworkManager will invoke that itself.

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