Re: Display the network manager applet by command line

[Vratislav Podzimek <vpodzime redhat com>]

On Tue, 2011-09-13 at 07:46 +0200, Julien Briche wrote:
> On 12/09/2011 23:29, Dan Williams wrote:
> > On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 08:01 +0200, Julien Briche wrote:
> >> On 08/09/2011 19:39, Dan Williams wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 08:51 +0200, Julien Briche wrote:
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>> I am currently working on a ubuntu 10.10 and using NetworkManager APplet
> >>>> 0.8.1.
> >>>> I would like to display the network manager applet by a command line but
> >>>> couldn't find any.
> >>>> Actually, if I click on the network-manager applet icon on the panel,
> >>>> the applet appears, but I want it to appear without clicking.
> >>>> I tried any soft provided by network manager, and also tried to
> >>>> dbus-monitor the appearance of the applet but nothing happens on
> >>>> dbus-monitor on click.
> >>> Two considerations here.  First, if you're using the stock nm-applet,
> >>> you need to have a "notification area" applet on your panel, which is
> >>> what nm-applet embeds itself in.  Most desktops (Gnome, KDE, XFCE, etc)
> >>> have a notification area.
> >>>
> >>> However, if you're using Ubuntu 10.10 or later, Ubuntu-specific
> >>> modifications to nm-applet make the applet present itself using the
> >>> generic menu indicator system (libindicator) and thus you have to have
> >>> something that provides that indicator interface that nm-applet can talk
> >>> to.
> >>>
> >>> Assumign you  have the pre-requisites, you can simply type:
> >>>
> >>> nm-applet&
> >>>
> >>> and that will start nm-applet and return you to the command prompt.  Or
> >>> use your favorite login/session manager to simply
> >>> spawn /usr/bin/nm-applet and it should show up.
> >>>
> >>> Dan
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Hello,
> >> thanks for your answer but it is not what I looked for.
> >> Actually the nm-applet is running and I can see its icon in the
> >> notification area (of gnome).
> >> What I want to do is to see the panel with all the networks available
> >> and all the options.
> >> When I do type :
> >>
> >> nm-applet&
> >>
> >> , it ouputs:
> >>
> >>    an instance of nm-applet is already running
> > Ah, so do you mean you want a command-line list of available networks,
> > or you'd like some mechanism to cause nm-applet to drop it's menu down
> > and show networks, or something else?
> >
> > Dan
> >
> 
> Hello,
> Iin fact, I want a command line to cause nm-applet to drop it's menu 
> down and show networks,
> like when I click on the nm icon in the notification area
> Julien

Try to look at Dogtail [1] or LDTP [2]. Both should provide a solution
for you, I think.

[1] https://fedorahosted.org/dogtail/
[2] http://ldtp.freedesktop.org/wiki/About

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Vratislav Podzimek