2014-05-08 19:05, Pierre Gobin skrev: > > Le 08/05/2014 18:49, Nio Wiklund a écrit : >> 2014-05-08 18:31, Aere Greenway skrev: >>> On 05/08/2014 03:47 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: >>>> When you started nm-applet (and it wouldn't work), did you run it with >>>> or without gksudo? Try with gksudo, if it you didn't. >>> Nio: >>> >>> I would tell you precisely, but I can only reproduce the problem by >>> running the live CD or live USB, and on those (test) systems, I don't >>> have access to my e-mail when I do that. >>> >>> I did not use a command-line interface to access it (I avoid that if at >>> all possible). >>> >>> I right-clicked on the panel (in an area without any icon, and chose >>> "Add/Remove Panel Items" from the pop-up menu. >>> >>> I then clicked the "Add" button of the "Panel Preferences" window that >>> appeared (with the "Panel Applets" tab selected). I don't normally have >>> to do this, because the network (or wireless) icon is already in the >>> panel when the live CD (or USB) finishes booting. >>> >>> I then selected "Manage Networks" from the list of available plugins, >>> and clicked the "Add" button. >>> >>> I then selected "Network Status Monitor" from the list of available >>> plugins, and clicked the "Add" button. >>> >>> Then I fumbled around with those additional applets, right or left >>> clicking on them, and in one combination, I actually got a list of >>> wireless networks, of which I selected my network, and tried to connect >>> to it (by clicking on it?). >>> >>> A simple dialog appeared, asking me to enter the "Encryption key" in a >>> text box, which I carefully typed in (because I can't see what I'm >>> typing), and hit the enter-key (or clicked the button to process the >>> information). >>> >>> Nothing appeared to happen. There was no error message, but the network >>> did not connect, and the icon didn't change in any way indicating it was >>> trying to connect. >>> >>> With that not working, I specified "System Tools" (or maybe it was >>> "Preferences") from the task-bar menu, and then selected "Network >>> Connections" (or something like that). >>> >>> That yielded a simple dialog with 3 tabs, and nothing like what I've >>> used in the past to configure a wireless network. In that simple >>> dialog, I did not discover anything that would let me configure a >>> wireless network. >>> >> Hi again Aere, >> >> It works for me with >> >> gksudo nm-applet & >> >> from a terminal window in Lubuntu 14.04 LTS. This is 'a tweak' included >> in the OBI tarball described here >> >> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2172971&p=13016768#post13016768 >> >> Best regards >> Nio >> > > I saw many users with problems to connect to networks after running > "nm-applet" with root permissions. > > To have nm-applet at startup, I only added "nm-applet" in "Default apps > for LXSession", in the tab "Autostart". This solved the problem. > > Regards, > Pierre Gobin > > Hi Pierre,
This is quite messy. How come it works better with root permissions in some cases and without root permissions in other cases? Anyway I will try your solution and let you know the result. Best regards Nio -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
