Changeset 161535c for networking

Timestamp:

01/14/2024 03:29:06 PM (4 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

12.1, ken/TL2024, lazarus, plabs/newcss, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, trunk, xry111/llvm18

Children:

07c5bf9c

Parents:

dfaebf4

git-author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (01/12/2024 04:04:57 PM)

git-committer:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (01/14/2024 03:29:06 PM)

Message:

wpa_supplicant: Warn not to mix up D-Bus based and manual cfg, and do not enable wpa_supplicant.service on systemd

Enabling wpa_supplicant.service does not give any points because
wpa_supplicant can be activated by D-Bus as needed, like on SysV.

File:

• networking/netprogs/wpa_supplicant.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

networking/netprogs/wpa_supplicant.xml

@@ -225 +225 @@
                  /etc/dbus-1/system.d/wpa_supplicant.conf</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para revision="systemd">
-      Additionally, enable the <filename>wpa_supplicant.service</filename>
-      so that <application>systemd</application> can properly activate the
-      <application>D-Bus</application> service. Note that the
-      per-connection service and the D-Bus service cannot be enabled
-      at the same time. Run the following command as the
-      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
-    </para>
-
-<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable wpa_supplicant</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>
       If you have built the <application>WPA Supplicant</application> GUI
@@ -262 +251 @@
   <sect2 role="configuration">
     <title>Configuring wpa_supplicant</title>
+
+    <important>
+      <para>
+        If you are using WPA Supplicant with
+        <xref linkend='NetworkManager'/> (or anything communicating with
+        WPA Supplicant via D-Bus), this section should be skipped.  Running
+        a D-Bus connected WPA Supplicant instance and another WPA supplicant
+        instance configured following this section simultaneously can cause
+        subtle issues.
+      </para>
+    </important>
 
     <sect3 id="wpa_supplicant-config">