Hi > In the first place, this program appears to be > completely lacking in any documentation, > apart from the fairly useless README in /usr/share/doc/NetworkManager* . its in an experimental stage now > > Secondly, NetworkManager makes unspecified changes in config files > which are not restored when the program is stopped. that would be bugs and should be reported. > > Thirdly, as far as I can see NetworkManager > tries to make my WiFi card (a bog-standard Orinico Gold PCMCIA card) > perform operations that it is not capable of, > causing my laptop to hang. a driver problem. see the list dan posted to lkml for details > > Fourthly, as you mention it is not clear what relation > NetworkManager has to NetworkManagerInfo. its the underlying policy program working over hal > > I would suggest that before "improving" NetworkManager > some intelligible documentation should be provided, > preferably in the form of a man page or an info file. sure. when its ready for end users, docs should be provided -- Regards, Rahul Sundaram