[SOLVED] No network-manager or nework-manager-gnome

[arinlares]

I have been trying to lighten the load that Ubuntu uses on my RAM and processor, and decided to try LXDE, as it is the lightest-weight DE that I have tried and liked. I noticed I didn't have any wireless connectivty under LXDE, so I checked the LXDE site for the solution, and it said to download and install LXNM, which supports wireless connections. Unfortunately, installing LXNM (apt-get install lxnm) also uninstalled nework-manager, and network-manager-gnome, on top of lxnm not working properly, and stranding me without any way of reinstalling the OS, and without an internet connection (I can't connect with a wired connection, either). Is there anything I can do, aside from reinstalling?

[Legolasthehansy]

Get to the command line interface and try apt-get remove lxnm
Then try apt-get install gnome*
You may also try from the graphical interface provided it is working and there is a package manager for LXNM..

[arinlares]

As I said, I have no internet connection to my laptop. It will not connect via an ethernet cable, or wireless, unless you mean for me to install from /var/cache/apt/archives.

Would reinstalling GNOME from there work, maybe? Or can I gain internet access without using the GNOME tools, and install the components I need?

[reed9]

For the wired connection, plug in the ethernet cable and do

sudo ifconfig eth0 up
sudo dhclient eth0

[arinlares]

Thanks a lot! I am posting from my laptop now.