Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-15 Thread David Wright
On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 11:16:40 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2022-06-15 00:19:54 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 03:30:53 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-15 Thread Brian
On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 13:38:06 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2022-06-15 12:14:19 +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 12:45:23 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > > On 2022-06-15 10:32:58 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 11:16:40 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > >

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-15 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2022-06-15 13:59:44 +0300, Reco wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 11:33:00AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2022-06-15 09:43:50 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > First example they provide in wpa_supplicant.conf(5) shows the way to > > > use wpa_cli sensibly without being root. > > > One just needs

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-15 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2022-06-15 12:14:19 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 12:45:23 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2022-06-15 10:32:58 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 11:16:40 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > The OP wanted an X11 app, while iwlist and nmcli are just command-li

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-15 Thread Reco
On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 11:33:00AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2022-06-15 09:43:50 +0300, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 03:30:53AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent L

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-15 Thread Brian
On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 12:45:23 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2022-06-15 10:32:58 +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 11:16:40 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > The OP wanted an X11 app, while iwlist and nmcli are just command-line > > > utilities (though one may want to write a sc

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-15 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2022-06-15 10:32:58 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 11:16:40 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > The OP wanted an X11 app, while iwlist and nmcli are just command-line > > utilities (though one may want to write a script to show information > > in an X11 app, a text terminal or somethi

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-15 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2022-06-15 09:43:50 +0300, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 03:30:53AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > No issues with iwlist and nmcli. > > > > > > /usr/sb

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-15 Thread Brian
On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 11:16:40 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2022-06-15 00:19:54 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 03:30:53 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-15 Thread Brian
On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 09:43:50 +0300, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 03:30:53AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > No issues with iwlist and nmcli. > > > > >

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-15 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2022-06-15 00:19:54 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 03:30:53 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > No issues with iwlist and nmcli. > > > > > > /usr/sbin/wpa_gu

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-15 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 03:30:53AM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > No issues with iwlist and nmcli. > > > > /usr/sbin/wpa_gui and /sbin/wpa_cli should both give sensible o

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-14 Thread David Wright
On Wed 15 Jun 2022 at 03:30:53 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > No issues with iwlist and nmcli. > > > > /usr/sbin/wpa_gui and /sbin/wpa_cli should both give sensible outputs > > when

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-14 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2022-06-14 15:43:40 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > No issues with iwlist and nmcli. > > /usr/sbin/wpa_gui and /sbin/wpa_cli should both give sensible outputs > when run as root. For security reasons, I don't want to run them as root. The

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-14 Thread Brian
On Tue 14 Jun 2022 at 13:15:56 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2022-06-11 19:10:09 +0800, lou wrote: > > On 6/11/22 7:00 PM, Brian wrote: > > > > > > You are associating with a wireless access point. You must be using > > > wpasupplicant. Have you tried installing wpagui? > > > > Thanks, wpag

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-14 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2022-06-11 19:10:09 +0800, lou wrote: > On 6/11/22 7:00 PM, Brian wrote: > > > > You are associating with a wireless access point. You must be using > > wpasupplicant. Have you tried installing wpagui? > > Thanks, wpagui seems to work for me. wpagui doesn't work at all for me. It doesn't show

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-13 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 11 Jun 2022 12:00:35 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sat 11 Jun 2022 at 18:08:24 +0800, lou wrote: > > > On 6/11/22 4:57 PM, Brian wrote: > > > > > You may want wpagui, a graphical frontend for wpasupplicant. > > > > > Use of Qt apps does not involve installing KDE. > > > > > > Thanks, but i

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-12 Thread lou
Thank David Wright! "wpa_cli status" is handy for me

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-11 Thread lou
On 6/11/22 7:00 PM, Brian wrote: You are associating with a wireless access point. You must be using wpasupplicant. Have you tried installing wpagui? Thanks, wpagui seems to work for me.

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-11 Thread Brian
On Sat 11 Jun 2022 at 18:08:24 +0800, lou wrote: > On 6/11/22 4:57 PM, Brian wrote: > > > You may want wpagui, a graphical frontend for wpasupplicant. > > > Use of Qt apps does not involve installing KDE. > > > Thanks, but i use ifup/ifdown (not wpasupplicant) to manage network > connection.

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-11 Thread lou
On 6/11/22 4:57 PM, Brian wrote: You may want wpagui, a graphical frontend for wpasupplicant. Use of Qt apps does not involve installing KDE. Thanks, but i use ifup/ifdown (not wpasupplicant) to manage network connection.

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-11 Thread Brian
On Fri 10 Jun 2022 at 08:05:12 +0800, lou wrote: > i want a small app that show wifi info, including  connected network name > (wpa-ssid) You may want wpagui, a graphical frontend for wpasupplicant. > hopefully it doesn't depend on qt as i don't use kde ( i use twm for buster) Use of Qt apps d

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-10 Thread David Wright
On Fri 10 Jun 2022 at 22:02:11 (-0400), a wrote: > Sorry, David Wright, i receive your mail late because mail provider > blocks or deletes your mail without informing me > > i use ifup/ifdown to manage wifi connection That suggest that wpa_supplicant is actually managing the connection. > i pref

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-10 Thread a
Sorry, David Wright, i receive your mail late because mail provider blocks or deletes your mail without informing me i use ifup/ifdown to manage wifi connection i prefer small app for X Window i might  be unable to receive your future mail reply to list so that i might use list archives to re

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-10 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Friday, 10 Jun 2022 at 06:33, a wrote: > nm-applet seems to be part of gnome I guess it does; I never checked as it runs fine with stumpwm but I probably have gnome dependencies installed. Sorry for the noise. -- Eric S Fraga via gnus (Emacs 29.0.50 2022-06-07) on Debian 11.3

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-10 Thread a
On 6/10/22 5:49 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: On Friday, 10 Jun 2022 at 08:05, lou wrote: i want a small app that show wifi info, including  connected network name (wpa-ssid) nm-applet works for me. It doesn't show the network explicitly unless you hover the mouse over the little icon so I don't k

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-10 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Friday, 10 Jun 2022 at 08:05, lou wrote: > i want a small app that show wifi info, including  connected network > name (wpa-ssid) nm-applet works for me. It doesn't show the network explicitly unless you hover the mouse over the little icon so I don't know if this would suit your needs. -- E

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-10 Thread lou
On 6/10/22 4:12 PM, Stanislav Vlasov wrote: пт, 10 июн. 2022 г. в 05:12, lou : i want a small app that show wifi info, including connected network name (wpa-ssid) You may try gkrellm with gkrellmwireless plugin I don't use it some years, so it may be wrong answer. hopefully it doesn't depe

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-10 Thread Stanislav Vlasov
пт, 10 июн. 2022 г. в 05:12, lou : > i want a small app that show wifi info, including connected network > name (wpa-ssid) You may try gkrellm with gkrellmwireless plugin I don't use it some years, so it may be wrong answer. > hopefully it doesn't depend on qt as i don't use kde ( i use twm for

Re: which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-09 Thread David Wright
On Fri 10 Jun 2022 at 08:05:12 (+0800), lou wrote: > i want a small app that show wifi info, including  connected network > name (wpa-ssid) > > hopefully it doesn't depend on qt as i don't use kde ( i use twm for buster) I would have thought that the program by which you connect would be able to

which X11 app can show wifi info

2022-06-09 Thread lou
i want a small app that show wifi info, including  connected network name (wpa-ssid) hopefully it doesn't depend on qt as i don't use kde ( i use twm for buster) Thanks!