On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 16:43 -0700, Nix N. Nix wrote: > Hi! > > I use Gentoo. I installed NM via the Gentopia overlay. I started the > "NetworkManager" and "dhcdbd" init scripts and I set up pam_console as > indicated. I think pam_console is working properly, because ownership > for things like /dev/sounds/dsp changes as necessary when I log in. > > When I try running nm-applet, I get 4 message boxes saying > > "The NetworkManager applet could not find some required resources. It > cannot continue." > > I click them away, and when I ps ax, I find that 4 instances of > nm-applet exist. When I kill those, I get the 4 message boxes again. I > think the applet restarts itself as part of the GNOME session. > > Either way, I cannot use NetworkManager in any way. > > What "resources" does nm-applet need to run ? IOW, I wish its error > message was a little more explanatory. > > Please help me get NetworkManager running! > > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > NetworkManager-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list If I remember correctly, that error has to do with NM not finding the icons it needs. Try running 'find /usr/share/icons -type d -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -exec gtk-update-icon-cache -f {} \;' and see if that fixes it. You might need to logout/in as well. I've got a more up-to-date snapshot over at BreakMyGentoo you might wanna try if that fails... ---- Matthew Schick Senior Technical Adviser Open Source Software Institute
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