Re: Display the network manager applet by command line

[Julien Briche <julien briche robopec com>]

On 12/09/2011 23:29, Dan Williams wrote:
> 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

Hello,
Iin fact, I want a command line to cause nm-applet to drop it's menu 
down and show networks,
like when I click on the nm icon in the notification area
Julien