Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-20 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Ranjan, I'm adding the cc to the list for the sake of archiving. Also I'm not an expert, so someone else can correct me if I say something incorrect. On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 14:18, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Thanks, Suvayu! I did not because of the following question: How do I > put this file in

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-19 Thread suvayu ali
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 06:10, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> Since you use fvwm, you would have to figure out what is used by fvwm. >> As far as I recall, one of the Tim-s or Tom-s on this list is an fvwm >> user. He has a webpage describing his setup. It has been posted to the >> list several times. Yo

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-19 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:03:39 +0100 suvayu ali wrote: > Hi Ranjan, > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 18:22, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > >> Actually I think I have spotted a big mistake. > >> > >> cat > /etc/xdg/autostart << FOE > >> /usr/libexec/gam_server > >> @stalonetray > >> @nm-applet > >> @pcmanfm -d

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-15 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Ranjan, On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 18:22, Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> Actually I think I have spotted a big mistake. >> >> cat > /etc/xdg/autostart << FOE >> /usr/libexec/gam_server >> @stalonetray >> @nm-applet >> @pcmanfm -d >> /usr/libexec/notification-daemon >> FOE > > I see: so what should I cha

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-15 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Hi Suvayu, Thanks for your e-mail! > nm-applet never runs as root. But I think it requires gnome-keyring > daemon to work (not sure about the details). Also can you ensure all the > network interfaces are indeed operational after starting NetworkManager? > `ifconfig' should help. OK, I will c

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-15 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Ranjan, On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 15:18, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Thanks, Suvayu! > > I was able to do the above with my LiveCD. However, my nm-applet > (started as liveuser) does not have the ability to connect. I get: > > ** (nm-applet:1420): WARNING **:Failed to add/activate connection: Not > a

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-15 Thread Ranjan Maitra
> nm-applet is the gui, you need to start the service using systemctl > (systemd command). Look at the systemd wiki page, it has instructions on > how start and stop services, e.g. > > # systemctl start NetworkManager.service > Thanks, Suvayu! I was able to do the above with my LiveCD. However

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-15 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Ranjan, On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 06:17, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > It does switch to root without asking for password. > > However, starting nm-applet (as root) on the Live CD yields the > following error (verbatim): > nm-applet is the gui, you need to start the service using systemctl (systemd co

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-14 Thread Ranjan Maitra
It does switch to root without asking for password. However, starting nm-applet (as root) on the Live CD yields the following error (verbatim): (nm-applet:1385): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote applicatio

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-14 Thread suvayu ali
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 17:27, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > I thought this is not very different from that in lxde's ks. What happens if you do "su -" or "su" in the terminal? It should switch to root without asking for your passwd. If that works, then you can just start NetworkManager from the termina

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-14 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:19:58 +0100 suvayu ali wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 15:03, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > cat >> /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys << EOF > > # disable screensaver locking and make sure gamin gets started > > cat > /etc/xdg/autostart << FOE > > /usr/libexec/gam_server > > @stalonetra

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-14 Thread suvayu ali
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 15:03, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > cat >> /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys << EOF > # disable screensaver locking and make sure gamin gets started > cat > /etc/xdg/autostart << FOE > /usr/libexec/gam_server > @stalonetray > @nm-applet > @pcmanfm -d > /usr/libexec/notification-daemon > F

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-14 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:26:40 +0100 suvayu ali wrote: > Hi Ranjan, > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 18:41, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to put together a LiveCD. I have sort of put together one, > > however, I am unable to get the nm-applet switched on. So, this is what > > I do:

Re: how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-14 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Ranjan, On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 18:41, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to put together a LiveCD. I have sort of put together one, > however, I am unable to get the nm-applet switched on. So, this is what > I do: start stalonetray which pops up. Then I type nm-applet which > comes up

how to get nm-applet switched on when making a LiveCD

2012-03-13 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Hi, I am trying to put together a LiveCD. I have sort of put together one, however, I am unable to get the nm-applet switched on. So, this is what I do: start stalonetray which pops up. Then I type nm-applet which comes up, however it says that the (live) user does not have the ability to switch o