Re: Is there a GUI Network Manager For XFCE4?
On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 02:33:16PM +0800, Michael Yang wrote:
> I'd like to manage both the wireless controller and ethernet card easily
> in a GUI manager.
> I have installed the related driver, it can be managed with ifconfig or
> ifwconfig commands now.
> I know there is a network-manager-gnome package, but I found it too
> large. I'm working on xfce4 desktop, installing extra gnome libs would
> be a waste of disk space.
> I don't know if there is such a package on xfce desktop can do this?
What commands would you want to issue to it? Pardon my ignorance but I
don't do wireless. I'd assume "up" and "down" but I don't know other
than that.
If it can be managed with ifconfig or ifwconfig, could you write simple
scripts and add appropriate launcer buttons on a panel in Xfce? If the
commands need root, you could add a command to run gksu or something
first then call the script from that. Put the script in
/usr/local/sbin.
Granted that successes don't normally end up on debian-user, but I've
heard a lot of horror stories about network-manager messing up.
If you're on a laptop where your network environment changes, I think
there's a package that addreses that. Best to search aptitude.
Doug.
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