openSUSE: Switch from Wicked to NetworkManager using command line

Question

I want to always use NetworkManager instead of Wicked. Can I do this from the command line?

Running sudo yast lan help shows that the YaST lan module doesn't appear to support this from the command line.

I'm hoping whatever YaST is doing behind the scenes, I can replicate in bash. I'm on openSUSE 13.2.

Solution 1

You want to disable wicked for the next boot. This also disables related services.

systemctl disable wicked

You want to get NetworkManager started at boot time.

systemctl enable NetworkManager

The best way is to restart the system now so that you see whether the boot sequence works as expected. You may try to start/stop the services if you want to continue working and reboot and check later.

More details can be learned by examining the service files.

Solution 2

Why would you need that? I would recommend to mask the wicked service and rely on NetworkManager:

systemctl mask wicked
systemctl mask wickedd

Then, enable NetworkManager

systemctl start NetworkManager

Comments

[SailorCire]

I'm not familiar with Wicked; however, you should be able to switch from the command line. One of the first options in yast lan is to say if you want to use ifup or network manager. It's a little tui; however, from what it sounds like networkmanager(8) should be your best bet.