Re: newbie-problem: nm-applet recognizes access-points, won't connect

[Levent S.B.]

Hi again,
you don't need to bother anymore, i just solved the problem. I don't 
know if this is a bug, but it seems to be an issue with the rights 
administration. If i run nm-connection-editor with root permission i get 
the necessary menu with the option to enter my wlan-password.
Strange enough, since i already added myself to the network group, but 
at least it works!
Greetings,
Levent
On 29.02.2012 20:17, Hartmut Bischoff wrote:
Hi,

I did the same:
Installed Ubuntu, ran gnome and installed awesome.
In Gnome, I could access the nm-applet.
Same in awesome, providing this in the rc.lua

local r = require("runonce")
r.run("nm-applet")
r.run("gnome-power-manager")
r.run("dropbox start -i")
r.run("/usr/lib/gnome-disk-utility/gdu-notification-daemon")
r.run("firefox")


where "runconce" is
-- @author Peter J. Kranz (Absurd-Mind, pe...@myref.net 
<mailto:pe...@myref.net>)
-- Any questions, criticism or praise just drop me an email

local M = {}

-- get the current Pid of awesome
local function getCurrentPid()
    -- get awesome pid from pgrep
    local fpid = io.popen("pgrep -u " .. os.getenv("USER") .. " -o 
awesome")
    local pid = fpid:read("*n")
    fpid:close()

    -- sanity check
    if pid == nil then
        return -1
    end

    return pid
end

local function getOldPid(filename)
    -- open file
    local pidFile = io.open(filename)
    if pidFile == nil then
        return -1
    end

    -- read number
    local pid = pidFile:read("*n")
    pidFile:close()

    -- sanity check
    if pid <= 0 then
        return -1
    end

    return pid;
end

local function writePid(filename, pid)
    local pidFile = io.open(filename, "w+")
    pidFile:write(pid)
    pidFile:close()
end

local function shallExecute(oldPid, newPid)
    -- simple check if equivalent
    if oldPid == newPid then
        return false
    end

    return true
end

local function getPidFile()
    local host = io.lines("/proc/sys/kernel/hostname")()
    return awful.util.getdir("cache") .. "/awesome." .. host .. ".pid"
end

-- run Once per real awesome start (config reload works)
-- does not cover "pkill awesome && awesome"
function M.run(shellCommand)
    -- check and Execute
    if shallExecute(M.oldPid, M.currentPid) then
        awful.util.spawn_with_shell(shellCommand)
    end
end


have fun!


--
Dr. Hartmut Bischoff
Stuttgart