On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 08:01 +0200, Julien Briche wrote: > On 08/09/2011 19:39, Dan Williams wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 08:51 +0200, Julien Briche wrote: > >> Hello, > >> I am currently working on a ubuntu 10.10 and using NetworkManager APplet > >> 0.8.1. > >> I would like to display the network manager applet by a command line but > >> couldn't find any. > >> Actually, if I click on the network-manager applet icon on the panel, > >> the applet appears, but I want it to appear without clicking. > >> I tried any soft provided by network manager, and also tried to > >> dbus-monitor the appearance of the applet but nothing happens on > >> dbus-monitor on click. > > Two considerations here. First, if you're using the stock nm-applet, > > you need to have a "notification area" applet on your panel, which is > > what nm-applet embeds itself in. Most desktops (Gnome, KDE, XFCE, etc) > > have a notification area. > > > > However, if you're using Ubuntu 10.10 or later, Ubuntu-specific > > modifications to nm-applet make the applet present itself using the > > generic menu indicator system (libindicator) and thus you have to have > > something that provides that indicator interface that nm-applet can talk > > to. > > > > Assumign you have the pre-requisites, you can simply type: > > > > nm-applet& > > > > and that will start nm-applet and return you to the command prompt. Or > > use your favorite login/session manager to simply > > spawn /usr/bin/nm-applet and it should show up. > > > > Dan > > > > > > > Hello, > thanks for your answer but it is not what I looked for. > Actually the nm-applet is running and I can see its icon in the > notification area (of gnome). > What I want to do is to see the panel with all the networks available > and all the options. > When I do type : > > nm-applet & > > , it ouputs: > > an instance of nm-applet is already running
Ah, so do you mean you want a command-line list of available networks, or you'd like some mechanism to cause nm-applet to drop it's menu down and show networks, or something else? Dan _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list