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 -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
