You can use udev to map wlan0 to the new device name so that netman would work.

I was thinking about a configuration file for the backend so that it
would be able to substitute wlan0 and eth0 with other device names as
set up by the user. I was thinking about this format:
wlanX=wireless-device-name
ethX=wired-connection-name

However, I need the know what other developers think about this approach.

Edward

On 28/09/2015, Edward Bartolo <edbarx@???> wrote:
> To connect automatically on boot you only need to pass --auto-conn
> parameter to netman, the frontend GUI. I use it that way and it
> connects as soon as I log into XFCE4. Configure your desktop or window
> manager to run netman with --auto-conn as a parameter.
>
> So, the command should be like this:
> /usr/bin/netman --auto-conn
>
> The latest netman commit on git.devuan.org uses a systray icon just
> like all other network managers. Left click shows the GUI, right click
> shows a popup menu. Icon is updated to signify 'connected' and
> 'disconnected' status.
>
> Edward
>
> On 28/09/2015, David Hare <davidahare@???> wrote:
>> Thanks Edward for your great effort, commitment and persistence and
>> Aitor for packaging.
>>
>> I have yet to work out how to automatically connect on boot. A manpage
>> is needed.
>>
>> An installation and some live images here use (self-compiled) eudev. The
>> wireless inteface is not necessarily wlanx but a string which I haven't
>> yet identified where it comes from. Maybe it's to do with newer
>> (systemd-)udev which eudev tracks. However it does show and work in
>> wicd. I would like to see netman identify and use other than wlan0.
>>
>> I have used wicd for convenience and ability to autoconnect but am not
>> keen on dbus reliance. Before I used wpa-gui but it has qt4 deps.
>>
>> Netman wouldn't work here till after reboot, with wicd initscript
>> disabled.
>>
>> David
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Dng mailing list
>> Dng@???
>> https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
>>
>