At Tue, 06 May 2008 13:48:46 +0800,
William Kenworthy wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 01:42 -0300, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
> > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 7:12 PM, deface <deface@(protected):
<snipped the frustration>
> been there, done that ... and gave up.
>
> Write your own scripts and shortcut the frustration.
>
> Keep a directory with a subdirectory for each site. Have all config
> files needed properly configured and stored there. Lastly, a simple
> script just copies in the required files over the top of the last lot
> and restarts the services. I have a desktop icon and a GUI (using
> gtkdialog) so I can easily select the correct site.
>
> Ive tried a few like network manager, and also tried to get gentoo's
> networking to do it semi-automaticly to help, but all I ended up with
> was a frustratingly fragile mess.

I have a laptop too, and I always found that the gentoo networking
scripts where fully sufficient for keeeping me on-line. Okay, the
wireless is a bit flaky, but only when connecting. Note: I do not use
network manager.

What exactly are your problems?

Regards,
Jan Seeger
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