problem starting nm-applet

[Wendell MacKenzie <mackendw sympatico ca>]

Just compiled NetworkManager-0.6.2 on SUSE 10.0 ...went fine.  Note that
I'm using dbus-0.35.2 not 0.60.

Q1: Is this mandatory? 

Q2: After installing the package, and I startup the NetworkManager and
Dispatcher daemons...come up fine.
        As a normal user, try launching the nm-applet, and this is what
appears to stdout:

** (nm-applet:7196): CRITICAL **: network_device_is_wired: assertion
`dev != NULL' failed

** (nm-applet:7196): CRITICAL **: network_device_is_wireless: assertion
`dev != NULL' failed

** (nm-applet:7196): CRITICAL **: nma_get_connected_icon: assertion `dev
!= NULL' failed

** (nm-applet:7196): CRITICAL **: network_device_is_wired: assertion
`dev != NULL' failed

** (nm-applet:7196): CRITICAL **: network_device_is_wireless: assertion
`dev != NULL' failed


   What is going on?  I did the touch /var/log/console/USER and chown'ed
it to the user to avoid the
pam issue on SUSE.  Still no tickie-no-workie.

Any thoughts on why?