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A GUI way to start network-manager-applet



Hey all ,

I switch to E17 from Gnome3 now  in Wheezy :-)  , but here comes the
problem :- .

I want to use the network-manager(nm) to control of network connection
. As we all know , Debian provide 2 packages, network-manager and
network-manager-gnome
for us. Network-manager-gnome provide the **nm-applet** , which I
think is a GUI front-end of network-manager. In the description of
this package , it says:

** quote**
     This package contains a systray applet for GNOME's notification
area but it also works for other desktop environments which provide a
systray like KDE or Xfce.
** quote end**

since E17 has the systray functionality, it can also work for E17.The
problem is ** I cannnot find how to add it start it in a GUI way **. I
mean, when E17 starts, nm-applet can show in the systray. I try to
configure it through **Settings -> Settings Panel -> Apps -> Startup
Applications -> System  ** , but cannot find the **Network** item(I
reference this wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/E17#NetworkManager).

I have to say, it's ok to start it from CLI,just executing the
nm-applet everytimes.

The packages installed related to network-manager are:
root@debian:~# aptitude search network-manager
i A network-manager
     - network management framework (daemon and userspace tools)
p   network-manager-dbg
     - network management framework (debugging symbols)
p   network-manager-dev
     - network management framework (development files)
i   network-manager-gnome
     - network management framework (GNOME frontend)
p   network-manager-kde
     - transitional package for plasma-widget-networkmanagement
p   network-manager-openvpn
     - network management framework (OpenVPN plugin core)
p   network-manager-openvpn-gnome
     - network management framework (OpenVPN plugin GNOME GUI)
i   network-manager-pptp
     - network management framework (PPTP plugin core)
p   network-manager-pptp-gnome
     - network management framework (PPTP plugin GNOME GUI)
p   network-manager-strongswan
     - network management framework (strongSwan plugin)
i   network-manager-vpnc
     - network management framework (VPNC plugin core)
p   network-manager-vpnc-gnome
     - network management framework (VPNC plugin GNOME GUI)

Thanks for any clue!


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