Re: A GUI way to start network-manager-applet
On 21 November 2011 11:59, wolf python london <lyh19901223@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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!
>
Aha, solve it :-)
create a .desktop file manually
>
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