Re: A comment on NetworkManager

[Matthew Saltzman <mjs ces clemson edu>]

On Fri, 12 May 2006, Gene Heskett wrote:

> Chris Jones wrote:
> > On Friday 12 May 2006 5:57 pm, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >
> > > Garry Williams wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 5/12/06, Gene Heskett <gene heskett verizon net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > What is this "nm_applet" people are talking about?  I don't believe its
> > > > > installed on this FC5 system.
> > > > $ rpm -q --file /usr/bin/nm-applet
> > > > NetworkManager-gnome-0.6.0-3
> > > Ok, I have this:
> > > [root diablo ~]# rpm -q --file /usr/bin/nm-applet
> > > NetworkManager-gnome-0.6.2-2.fc5
> > >
> > > Now, pray tell, how is it we use this?
> >
> > ermm. Just run it.
> >
> > If you really have never run this before, it probably explains you poor 
> > experience with NM :)
> AFAIK its never been run here.  And ATM wlan0 has started working, so I 
> believe I'll let this puppy continue an un-interrupted nap until such time as 
> I get home again & find I need to putz with it.
>
> > I agree though, documentation telling you to run this would have helped.
> Is there a manpage (thats a stupid question obviously, but to stay in 
> character I had to ask), or was that like the decal I saw on the tailgate of 
> a late model dodge pickup dressed up with a daytona style wing on the back of 
> the box, the decal saying "Attitude sold separately"?  The driver obviously 
> had one, it was already showing signs of participation in contact sports.

In FC5, nm-applet is configured to run by defaut in the GNOME desktop. 
It doesn't show up in the taksbar unless you "service NetworkManager 
start", but you shouldn't need to do anything else if you did a scratch 
install of FC5 and created your userid from scratch.  If you kept your old 
desktop configs, then you do have to run it once.  On subsequent logins, 
it should restart by itself, at least in GNOME.  (I tend to recreate my 
userid when I install new OS versions just so I can see what new destop 
features have been enabled.).

And, yes it would be helpful to have something in the docs that explains 
how to get started if it isn't all set up for you.  The README has 
sections "Theory of Operation" and "Structure", but no novice would glean 
any useful information from it.

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		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs