Thank you for replying. It turns out that I did have the applet, but still could not connect. I finally figured out that the problem was due to my misunderstanding the difference between "managed" and "not managed"... I had inadvertently left some configuration info in my /etc/network/interfaces file that was interfering with the network-manager. After I removed the lines from the interfaces file everything now works as expected.
Thank you again, you have been very helpful to me, and others on the debian-users list, more than once. I would also like to know how I can configure a console laptop (one with no gui- CLI only) to access wireless in the same manner- automatic detection of available wireless networks and a way to enter a key when necessary. Can someone point me to a tutorial that would help me? Keith Ostertag > On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:02:37 -0700, keitho wrote: > >> I hate to say this, but I am confused about how to configure wireless on >> my Wheezy laptop system. > > (...) > >> But I can't seem to figure out which software packages I need to do >> this. I am downloading the deb packages on a different computer then >> transfering them via USB flashdrive to my laptop, then using dpkg -i to >> install them. Of course I have had to get all the package dependencies, >> which takes time. So far I have installed wireless-tools, >> network-manager, wpasupplicant, network-manager-gnome, and a bunch of >> lib dependiencies. But I don't have an network-manager-applet. When I >> look online for an applet I only find the source, not a binary deb >> package. > > (...) > > That's strange. > > If you installed wheezy and selected "desktop" and "laptop tools" > templates, network manager (as well as the required files, like the > applet) should have been installed automatically by default :-? > > BTW, the package which contains the applet is "network-manager-gnome" > which you seem to have installed so you should be able to launch it by > running "nm-applet --sm-disable". > > Greetings, > > -- > Camaleón > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/56eed7bba68ad3ef84101b1f5b77f1aa.squir...@webmail.strucktower.com
