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On 30/10/2024 16:18, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
> druck  wrote:
>> This is why I wasn't happy about Raspbian moving from dhcpcd to Network
>> Manager. Quite often my Linux Laptops which use Network Manager decide
>> they would like to try WiFi networks other than the one I've chosen,
>> that's easily fixed via the gui, but not what you want on headless systems.
>>
>
> Were the unwanted wifi explorations immediate and consistent,

Seemingly random.

>> You could try disabling the NetworkManager service, and reinstalling
>> dhcpcd so the WiFi is only selected by the contents of the
>> wpa_supplicant.conf file. It worked fine for everything before Bookworm.
>>
>
> It seems wiser to learn how to live with Bookworm sooner rather than later.
> Up to now RasPiOS has been trouble-free to the point that I know very little
> about it. Trying to second-guess the developers is likely to end badly,
> at least when I'm the one doing the guessing 8-)

The maturity of Raspbian's Bookworm is there yet. I had to jump to it
for my new Pi 5 machines, and I've also got it on a Pi 4 for reference,
but the older headless machines are staying on Bullseye until some of
the problems have been ironed out.

---druck

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