On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Thomas Pircher <teh...@gmx.net> wrote:
> Same here: after the update on Tuesday (Monday I didn't update), my > wireless > network stopped working. > > Today I figured out what was going on: the update installed the packets > knm- > runtime, network-manager-kde, network-manager and possible other packets. > > After I duly uninstalled those offending pieces of crap, my wireless > network > started to work again. > > Until now I thought I was the manager of my computer, and I would greatly > appreciate Debian not to automatically install such potentially harmful > (let > alone completely useless) packages on my PC. And IF Debian needs to install > them to make some users happy, at least make sure they don't do any harm. > > Thank you. > Th > > > If you are running Debian stable you should not see package upgrades outside of security updates. This means no new versions of a package will come along and depend on a new package that you did not have before. It sounds to me like this was not a regular upgrade, or your running/mixing with a release such as testing or unstable. You can use "aptitude why network-manager-kde" to find out why a package was automatically installed. You also seem to be wanting to complain, instead of asking for support or looking for discussion. IMO complaints should go to bugs.debian.org, not necessarily here. -- Jordan Metzmeier
