How do I bypass network connection checks?

Asked by accludetuner

I have a home lab server running Proxmox, which I installed a GUI (XFCE) on top of to make it a workstation/server combo.

gnome-software seems to be checking for an active network connection from connman/network manager before it will download any software in the software center. Problem is, Proxmox handles network connections on its' own using the standard /etc/network/interfaces and similar files. To prevent conflicts, I have no network manager installed in XFCE. When I tried to install a network manager to make gnome-software happy, it breaks my network connections and fights the Proxmox network config.

Is there a way to disable the network checks within gnome-software so that I can actually download something? I am connected, but gnome-software won't acknowledge it.

If I can't disable network checks, is there a magical network manager I can install to make gnome-software happy that won't actually touch my network config?

Thanks for the input!

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accludetuner (accludetuner) said :
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UPDATE:

I had installed Gnome Flashback as a secondary desktop option. It installed both network-manager and network-manager-gnome. Disabling these within the XFCE environment wasn't enough. They didn't work right in Gnome Flashback either, so no point in having them in the first place. Removing both packages and a reboot fixed it. Here's a 1-liner that worked for me:

# sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove network-manager -y && sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove network-manager-gnome -y && sudo reboot