Re: NM and Gentoo (via Gentopia)

[Rémi Cardona <remi cardona free fr>]

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!

Did you make sure that nm-applet could talk to the nm deamon through 
dbus? Some tweaking was required at one point in /etc/dbus-1/system.d/

Hope that helps.

Rémi