squeeze install CD could include wicd-curses

[cthulhu]

I guess there are about a bazillion packages that people really feel needs to be included in the install CD, so I realize I'll just have to stand in line, but when installing Debian off-line, and deciding to download packages after the installation procedure, one could really use the wicd-curses program. It's so much easier to use than ifconfig, iwconfig, iwlist, wpasuplicant, etc. Just install, and connect! And it's just one tiny extra megabyte, actually it's less than that.

[stevepusser]

Or ceni...which is not in the Debian repo. I wonder why? It works great, even on Lenny.

[mzilikazi]

one could really use the wicd-curses program. It's so much easier to use than ifconfig, iwconfig, iwlist, wpasuplicant, etc. Just install, and connect! And it's just one tiny extra megabyte, actually it's less than that.

It is exactly this reason that I never use Debian CD's to install Debian - no easy way to configure wireless. Hooking up to an ethernet cable is more trouble than it's worth.
Fortunately we have chroot and live cd's.

Or ceni...which is not in the Debian repo. I wonder why? It works great, even on Lenny.

Don't quote me on this but I do believe the developer for ceni and Debian were ........shall we say........binary incompatible.

[Mr James]

Installation disk should include usb-modeswitch and wvdial in my opinion.

[julian516]

wicd-ncurses would be good, but if I have to choose I'll vote for Ceni. In my experience it has been dead-bang reliable and efficient. I realize the advantages of a live-install disk for many people and the newest DVD images have room for either of these. A net-install also could easily include one. Some wireless network managers work when X is shutdown and some don't. Either one of these solves that problem.

[mzilikazi]

wicd-ncurses would be good, but if I have to choose I'll vote for Ceni.

Agreed - ceni is by far the best CLI tool but sadly it isn't available in Debian. Until that changes ceni will never be included in a Debian installer.

[cthulhu]

I've just noticed wicd-curses isn't even in the first two DVD's. I actually find it presents data far better than the gtk-interface. One line for each AP, and it also includes the MAC-address which the gtk-version doesn't.

Do you have a link to ceni?

[emariz]

I would have included Network Manager instead of the screen saver (or Evolution). It is assumed that the target system has a working wired connection.

[mzilikazi]

Do you have a link to ceni?

Should be here:
http://www.aptosid.com/index.php?module ... view&pid=2

[jheaton5]

Don't quote me on this but I do believe the developer for ceni and Debian were ........shall we say........binary incompatible.

I use ceni on sid. It is available from the aptosid repos and it works great. It is easy to set up from the command line and just works.

[mzilikazi]

Don't quote me on this but I do believe the developer for ceni and Debian were ........shall we say........binary incompatible.

I use ceni on sid. It is available from the aptosid repos and it works great. It is easy to set up from the command line and just works.

Yes it does work fine. I did not mean to imply that ceni doesn't work on sid. I only offer an explanation of why ceni cannot be found in Debian.

[stevepusser]

Shorter link to the actual sources and deb file:

http://debian.tu-bs.de/project/aptosid/ ... in/c/ceni/

Thanks for the link, which I have to remember. Ceni is going right into the new section of the community repo I help with for a Debian-based distro.