And about the behavior of Network Manager which IMHO is not helpful for users wanting to configure the network their way and using Network Manager for just some interfaces. Or scenarios where Network Manager simply does not support all connections:
I hope a good solution can be found that offers simplicity, but also does not force all-or-nothing concepts on users with a strong desire of choosing themselves which software they let manage a certain interface.
I found related upstream bug report for Network Manager:
http:// bugzilla. gnome.org/ show_bug. cgi?id= 418745
I also filed Debian bug reports that Iceweasel does not seem to respect toolkit. networkmanager. disable set to true in my case:
http:// bugs.debian. org/491822
And about the behavior of Network Manager which IMHO is not helpful for users wanting to configure the network their way and using Network Manager for just some interfaces. Or scenarios where Network Manager simply does not support all connections:
http:// bugs.debian. org/491826
I hope a good solution can be found that offers simplicity, but also does not force all-or-nothing concepts on users with a strong desire of choosing themselves which software they let manage a certain interface.