Re: A comment on NetworkManager

[Gene Heskett <gene heskett verizon net>]

Garry T. Williams wrote:
> [ I call BS on my post :-) ]
>
> On Friday 12 May 2006 09:25, Garry Williams wrote:
> > nm-applet will run in KDE just fine.  I added
> >
> >   /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon
> >   /usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon
> >
> > to my start-up list.
>
> Unfortunately, this isn't going to get gnome-keyring-daemon hooked
> into the KDE session.  The session does not have the keyring
> environment variables, so nm-applet cannot contact it.
>
> I didn't notice this because I did not try to use an encrypted network
> after setting it up.
>
> Here's how it should actually be done (from
> http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17463 ):
>
> To get KDE to source the environment variables you need for clients to
> be able to contact the gnome-keyring-daemon, add this script to your
> ~/.kde/env directory:
>
>     $ cat ~/.kde/env/start-custom.sh
>     #!/bin/sh
>     #
>
>     # gnome keyring daemon
>     # set env vars, much like ssh-agent
>     eval `gnome-keyring-daemon`
>     export GNOME_KEYRING_PID GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET
>     set | grep GNOME
>     $
>
> To make sure the gnome-keyring-daemon is shut down when you exit the
> KDE session, add this script to your ~/.kde/shutdown directory:
>
>     $ cat ~/.kde/shutdown/stop-custom.sh
>     #!/bin/sh
>     #
>
>     # kill any gnome keyring daemons that we were using
>     if [ -n "$GNOME_KEYRING_PID" ]; then
>       echo killing gnome-keyring-damon $GNOME_KEYRING_PID
>       kill $GNOME_KEYRING_PID
>     fi
>     $
>
> Make both files executable and readable by your uid.
>
> The startkde script will source executable scripts in the env
> directory and will run scripts in the shutdown directory before
> exiting the KDE session.
>
> Do not add gnome-keyring-daemon to the KDE Autostart folder.
Humm, but on FC5, there is not an env subdir in ~.kde.  Are we to create 
this from whole cloth?

I've done this, but have not restarted X yet.  What are the expected 
results considering that ATM my networking is working fine using network 
to start it.

--
Cheers, Gene