Re: which X11 app can show wifi info
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 script to show information
> > > in an X11 app, a text terminal or something else?). But my remark was
> > > mainly: the iwlist and nmcli utilities can get the information as a
> > > normal user, so there is a major limitation in wpa_gui and wpa_cli.
> >
> > This limitation does not exist. wpa_gui and wpa_cli are both capable
> > of being run as a mormal user.
>
> So, why do I get a "Could not connect to wpa_supplicant" error
> with the default configuration?
Because wpa_supplicant is not aware of GROUP=netdev. See my other
post in this thread.
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Brian.
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