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FS#41667 - [netctl] netctl profiles ncurses menu

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Javier (jevv) - Saturday, 23 August 2014, 17:46 GMT
Last edited by Jouke Witteveen (jouke) - Sunday, 24 August 2014, 07:30 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Arch Projects
Status Closed
Assigned To Jouke Witteveen (jouke)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

netcfg used to have a ncurses profiles menu (netcfg-menu) which to me was pretty useful, so that whether at boot or dynamically later on, I could select a profile to connect to the network.

Currently there's only a wifi-menu, which is useful to create the wireless profiles, if not encrypted. But to me the netctl-menu profiles ncurse menu is really missing.

I know netctl list does it, but he ncurses selection is easier, and as far as necfg was concerned, ready to be used as boot init...

I hope it comes back to netctl as well.


Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
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Closed by  Jouke Witteveen (jouke)
Sunday, 24 August 2014, 07:30 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Jouke Witteveen (jouke) - Sunday, 24 August 2014, 07:29 GMT
Due to the design of systemd, netctl cannot present a menu at boot time. The netctl service tries to restart the profile that was active at shutdown and is as close a substitute as is meaningful.

I will not combine the `netctl list` and `netctl start <profile>` commands into a menu. If you want such a menu, you can easily write your own.

Thanks for your feedback.

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