On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Darren Kirby <bulli...@gmail.com> wrote: > [...] >> I am wondering if I should just uninstall KNetworkManager, and try >> nm-applet? Will that even work on a KDE desktop? Will it require >> installing boatloads of gnome crap I don't want? Should I chuck the >> whole works and use Wicd? > > I don't know about KNetworkManager, but nm-applet under GNOME works > flawless and without need of any configuration. You just need to > disable the Gentoo network scripts (with RC_PLUG_SERVICES="!net.*" in > /etc/conf.d/rc) and off you go. No need to change any other > configuration file.
I did already edit RC_PLUG_SERVICES to override udev... I guess it works fine without configuration for everyone but me...I get this: ** (nm-applet:24816): WARNING **: <WARN> request_name(): Could not acquire the NetworkManagerUserSettings service. Error: (9) Connection ":1.35" is not allowed to own the service "org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings" due to security policies in the configuration file So then I add this: <policy group="plugdev"> <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> <allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager" send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> </policy> to /etc/dbus-1/system.d/nm-applet.conf but it still doesn't work. I don't even know if that's right, I know nothing of writing dbus policy rules. You say you didn't have to configure anything? I don't know, it says 'WARNING' rather than error, but 'ps' shows no nm-applet running. Is it just supposed to show up on the panel or what? > As I understand, nm-applet uses the Freedesktop standar for > notification areas, so it should work with KDE. It will pull part of > the GNOME stack, obviously, but is really minimal: > > RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/glib-2.16 > >=dev-libs/dbus-glib-0.74 > >=sys-apps/dbus-1.2 > >=x11-libs/gtk+-2.14 > >=gnome-base/gconf-2.20 > >=gnome-extra/polkit-gnome-0.92 > >=x11-libs/libnotify-0.4.3 > >=gnome-base/libglade-2 > >=gnome-base/gnome-keyring-2.20 > > >=dev-libs/libnl-1.1 > >=net-misc/networkmanager-${PV} > >=net-wireless/wireless-tools-28_pre9 > >=net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-0.5.7 > net-misc/mobile-broadband-provider-info > bluetooth? ( >=net-wireless/gnome-bluetooth-2.27.6 )" > > And probably you already have most of those packages. Yes, I only had to install 8 new ones. > I used to have my own scripts and utilities, and back in the day I > knew wpa_supplicant like the palm of my hand. Now not so much; it's > not worth it. The GUI utilities (or at least those from GNOME, which > is my preferred desktop) never really fail any more. > > Regards. > -- > Canek Peláez Valdés > Instituto de Matemáticas > Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México > > Still frustrated that not a damn thing seems to work, D -- -- Support the mob or mysteriously disappear... I'm on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/badcomputer/