Re: Display the network manager applet by command line

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 08:01 +0200, Julien Briche wrote:
> 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

Ah, so do you mean you want a command-line list of available networks,
or you'd like some mechanism to cause nm-applet to drop it's menu down
and show networks, or something else?

Dan