Re: A comment on NetworkManager

[Gene Heskett <gene heskett verizon net>]

Garry T. Williams wrote:
> On Saturday 13 May 2006 11:09, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Humm, but on FC5, there is not an env subdir in ~.kde.  Are we to create 
> > this from whole cloth?
>
> mkdir ~/.kde/env ~/.kde/shutdown
>
> > I've done this, but have not restarted X yet.
>
> Just log out of KDE.  Then log into KDE.
>
> > What are the expected results considering that ATM my networking is
> > working fine using network to start it.
>
> The original issue was, "how do I run nm-applet in KDE?"

After a restart, gnome-keyring-daemon is running.  Next?

> This was just a clarification.  The nm-applet uses the GNOME keyring
> to store passwords for encrypted WiFi networks.  I stated before that
> the gnome-keyring-daemon was usable by merely starting it in your KDE
> session.  That is not true.  Clients (including nm-applet) use the
> environment to determine the Unix socket location so they can contact
> the gnome-keyring-daemon.  KDE allows you to set the environment for
> the KDE session by placing scripts in ~/.kde/env .  These will be
> sourced at KDE start up time.


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Cheers, Gene