NetworkManager applet

Dan grinnz at gmail.com
Wed Jul 19 16:39:02 UTC 2006


Jose wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I've installed and even updated FC5 on my Acer TravelMate 290 laptop,
> which uses an Intel Centrino chipset (ipw2100). Despite I carefully
> followed the instructions in
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/NetworkManager, ("The
> NetworkManager tray icon automatically appears on your desktop once
> the services are started.") I can't see the tray icon in my
> notification area.
>
> I've read elsewhere that this applet appears only when no cable is
> present, so I tried also unplugging my ethernet cable and even
> restarting with the wireless already on. All kind of combinations
> didn't work. I still can't see the applet on the bar.
>
> I restarted the services, and tried to disable the network service too
> (despite this is not mentioned in the referenced link above, I read
> elsewhere that if you enable the NetworkManager service you may
> consider disabling the network service. That was another test I also
> made. But still no success...)
>
> I already made sure that my notification area is there, of course.
>
> Can you think on anything else I can try?
>
> Thanks in advance. Cheers,
>
> jose.
>
The applet should still appear while plugged in, with a plug icon 
instead of wireless signal bars. You aren't using KDE are you? There is 
at present no applet for KDE.
-Dan




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