how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

[suvayu ali]

Hi Ranjan,

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 15:18, Ranjan Maitra <maitra at iastate.edu> wrote:
> Thanks, Suvayu!
>
> I was able to do the above with my LiveCD. However, my nm-applet
> (started as liveuser) does not have the ability to connect. I get:
>
> ** (nm-applet:1420): WARNING **:Failed to add/activate connection: Not
> authorized to control networking

nm-applet never runs as root. But I think it requires gnome-keyring
daemon to work (not sure about the details). Also can you ensure all the
network interfaces are indeed operational after starting NetworkManager?
`ifconfig' should help.

> What I am trying to achieve is a non-DE system but one with a window
> manager. Perhaps more than that, how a novice can build a
> LiveCD....Though I guess all this is proving that one needs to know
> more than that...
>

If light weight is what you are looking for, WindowMaker might be
another candidate. I believe its just 2 packages.

> My initscript is not that different from the one on LiveCD. But
> clearly, I am dropping stuff I should not. I will just include the
> two .ks files with this e-mail (perhaps they will make it through.)
>

Actually I think I have spotted a big mistake.

cat > /etc/xdg/autostart << FOE
/usr/libexec/gam_server
@stalonetray
@nm-applet
@pcmanfm -d
/usr/libexec/notification-daemon
FOE

This seems to imply /etc/xdg/autostart is a regular file. On my system
its a directory. Maybe that has something to do with your problems?

> Btw, my LiveCD does have X. It does not have a DE. (Separately, where
> do I find a minimal Live distribution? I always have installed using
> the boot.iso.)
>

There are many, ArchLinux (no gui, just terminal) or Knoppix comes to
mind. Then there is Tiny Core Linux, Puppy Linux, Damn Small Linux ...
and many more. Most of these are quite up to date (uses a 3.x series
kernel).

Hope this helps.

-- 
Suvayu

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