Re: NetworkManager, Wireless and Fedora FC4

[Ray Hooker <ray hooker gmail com>]

So would you recommend updating to a newer version?  The
NetworkManagerInfo does bring up the icon.. which is really great.  I
was able to connect just fine.  I also installed the vpnc from the
extras but don't see it on the taskbar icon.

Ray

P.S. - This is very promising!!!

On 6/17/05, Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 10:20 -0400, Ray Hooker wrote:
> > I also see it referenced in Clemson's HOWTO:
> >
> > http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/nm.shtml
> >
> 
> Unfortunately, what's there is for the HEAD branch, which includes VPN
> support, but is not in FC4.  FC4 includes a slightly older branch from
> April, with a lot of backports but no VPN or external DHCP client.
> 
> > So I started the two services (NetworkManager and NetworkManager
> > Dispatcher).  I still see no applet on the task bar nor is it listed
> > in the possible applets.  NetworkManager-Gnome as well as
> > NetworkManager appears to already be installed.  I even did a YUM
> > update (yum install NetworkManager NetworkManager-gnome) just to make
> > sure I had the latest and rebooted.  Still no taskbar icon.  The
> > Clemson help page mentions
> > nm-applet, but I can't seem to find the file, nor am I able to find
> > "Startup Programs tab in the gnome-session-properties  application" in
> > the FC4 GNOME menus.
> 
> The program you are looking for, /usr/bin/NetworkManagerInfo, needs to
> be executed when your gnome session starts up.  Run
> gnome-session-properties and add the program to your "Startup Programs"
> tab, or if you have automatic session-saving turned on, just
> run /usr/bin/NetworkManagerInfo from a terminal and it will add itself
> to your session automatically.
> 
> HEAD uses /usr/libexec/nm-applet, but not FC4.  I know, the docs could
> use some work (any takers?)
> 
> Dan
> 
> 


-- 
Ray Hooker