I attempted to install e on kubuntu and ran into networkmanager issues related to dbus. Working from a standard ubuntu base seems to work better On Jan 6, 2013 1:38 AM, "Dale Snell" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Jan 2013 16:29:32 -0500 > Chris Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I just borked a clean recent vanilla kubuntu (quantal?) system like > > so: > > > > | % add-apt-repository ppa:efl/trunk > > | % apt-get update > > | % apt-get upgrade > > | % apt-get install e17 > > > > I logged out of my KDE/Plasma session, selected enlightenment from the > > lightdm menu, logged back in, and ran the e17 wizard making no changes > > to the defaults. > > > > That's where I noticed that I was missing my laptop's Wifi led. > > > > I wasn't expecting a notification, so I thought that this was just > > a matter of manually configuring the ConnMan (?) applet. So, I clicked > > on the icon in the Shelf, checked 'Wifi On', clicked 'Configure'... > > > > This caused a popup to be displayed with an ominous-looking > > exclamation mark in a triangle, and the following error message: > > > > | This module wants to execute an external application eConnMan that > > | does not exist. Please install EConnMan application." > > > > So, if the message really means what it says, it looks like whatever > > package should have installed EConnMan ('ConnMan' prefixed with an > > 'E') is missing.. 'optional', perhaps.. not pulled when I installed > > e17..? > > > > The KDE wifi stuff (network manager, I believe) having been removed by > > the e17 install and since I only have wifi internet at this point, I > > am stuck. I cannot just reinstall network manager and start over. > > > > Any suggestions how I could work around this..? > > I know very little about *buntu/Debian, being a Fedora user, but I > can tell you that NetworkManager works just fine with E. Like > you, when I tried to configure ConnMan, I got the warning message > about needing EConnMan. So I have ConnMan disabled, and I use NM. > It requires that the systray module be loaded, but that's not a > problem. > > The rest of your troubles makes me think that the Kubuntu > packaging for E got hosed somehow. Can you compile E17 and the > EFL yourself? I compile the EFL and E17 snapshots here, and > things generally work quite well. I didn't have to disable > anything in my normal Fedora installation to get E17 to work. I > can switch between E17, E16, or XFCE with no trouble. There's a > drop-down menu in the gdm screen that allows me to choose the > WM/DE that I want to run. > > > > If I understand the problem correctly (?), I was thinking I might get > > away with manually downloading the missing .deb(s) from the repos at > > launchpad.net/efl and (re)installing via ‘dpkg -i’. > > Actually, dpkg/apt should be able to resolve the dependencies for > NetworkManager, and install them for you. But again, I'm not > really familiar with those tools, so I could be wrong. > > Anyway, that's all I've got. I hope it helps. > > --Dale > > -- > Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur > ("The world wishes to be deceived, so let it be deceived.") > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, > MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current > with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft > MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_123012 > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_123012 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
