Re: Display the network manager applet by command line

[Julien Briche <julien briche robopec com>]

On 08/09/2011 19:39, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 08:51 +0200, Julien Briche wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I am currently working on a ubuntu 10.10 and using NetworkManager APplet
> > 0.8.1.
> > I would like to display the network manager applet by a command line but
> > couldn't find any.
> > Actually, if I click on the network-manager applet icon on the panel,
> > the applet appears, but I want it to appear without clicking.
> > I tried any soft provided by network manager, and also tried to
> > dbus-monitor the appearance of the applet but nothing happens on
> > dbus-monitor on click.
> Two considerations here.  First, if you're using the stock nm-applet,
> you need to have a "notification area" applet on your panel, which is
> what nm-applet embeds itself in.  Most desktops (Gnome, KDE, XFCE, etc)
> have a notification area.
>
> However, if you're using Ubuntu 10.10 or later, Ubuntu-specific
> modifications to nm-applet make the applet present itself using the
> generic menu indicator system (libindicator) and thus you have to have
> something that provides that indicator interface that nm-applet can talk
> to.
>
> Assumign you  have the pre-requisites, you can simply type:
>
> nm-applet&
>
> and that will start nm-applet and return you to the command prompt.  Or
> use your favorite login/session manager to simply
> spawn /usr/bin/nm-applet and it should show up.
>
> Dan
Hello,
thanks for your answer but it is not what I looked for.
Actually the nm-applet is running and I can see its icon in the 
notification area (of gnome).
What I want to do is to see the panel with all the networks available 
and all the options.
When I do type :

nm-applet &

, it ouputs:

 an instance of nm-applet is already running


Julien