Re: Question about NM icon]

[Gene Heskett <gene heskett verizon net>]

Darren Albers wrote:
> On 10/12/06, Gene Heskett <gene heskett verizon net> wrote:
> > As an FC5/KDE user I have to agree.   The only way I can tell that NM is
> > running is to tail tail -f the messages log, and unplug & replug the
> > cat5.  There is NO gui that I can find from doing a service
> > NetworkManager start.  Where do I find its gui, if indeed it has one, in
> > the menu's of an FC5/kde install?
>
> For KDE you need to install knetworkmanager, it is the KDE equivalent
> to nm-applet.
Did that, it and nm_applet got into an argument of some kind and I had 
to plug the dlink back in, killed nm_applet, and restart the network. 
So now ifconfig says I have 2 paths!

But, I'm actually using eth0 it seems once I started knetworkmanager. 
Starting knetworkmanager reverts the wlan0 status to offline, and will 
not reconnect wlan0.  I have to plug in the dlink again, AND restart the 
network to restore connectivity once that condition has been achieved.

So, quit that and restart nm_applet. Repeat till a pattern is seen, and 
the pattern is this:  To be able to change, using either utility, to the 
wlan0 interface, requires I unplug the cat5 from the side of the lappy, 
thereby disabling eth0 while it was active.

Is this making any sense at all?

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Cheers, Gene