RFE nm-connection-editor put back into nm-applet

Chuck Anderson cra at WPI.EDU
Fri Apr 8 15:20:31 UTC 2011


On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 11:08:20AM -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 10:02:47AM -0500, Brian Millett wrote:
> > With the new NetworkManager, to edit connections, I need to launch
> > nm-connection-editor.  It would be nice to have that as an option in the
> > nm-applet (like it used to be)
> > -- 
> > Brian Millett - [ Delenn (re: Japanese stone garden), "The Gathering"]
> > "On my world, there are books, thousands of pages, about the power of one
> >  mind to change the Universe. But none say it as clearly as this."
> 
> Right, I noticed on the F15 Live Beta TC1 that I cannot easily connect
> to WPA2-Enterprise networks.  Clicking on the network in the network
> icon doesn't do anything at all--no attempt to connect, no connection
> editor dialog pops up, nothing.  Also, clicking Network Settings
> doesn't have any way to edit the WPA2-Enterprise connection either.
> The Options... button stays greyed out.
> 
> I had to go to overview mode to launch nm-connection-editor manually
> just to be able to connect to the wireless network.
> 
> I think if a network requires more credentials to connect, the Gnome
> Shell applet should pop up the connection editor, and/or the
> Options... button on the network control panel should be active and
> also launch nm-connection-editor.

Existing bug:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694765


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