I use wicd instead of NetworkManager and I'm very happy with it. It would connect as soon as I login in text mode, so by the time I3 is up, the connection is already there.
* Jeff Abrahamson <j...@purple.com> [2015-10-01 10:41:53 +0200]: > I have the following in my ~/.xsessionrc, and it works correctly: > > if [ "X$DESKTOP_SESSION" = Xi3 ]; then > nm-applet & > # and other stuff > fi > > Jeff Abrahamson > +33 6 24 40 01 57 > +44 7920 594 255 <-- only when I'm in the UK > > *http://www.ml-week.com/fr/* <http://www.ml-week.com/fr/>* 2-5 novembre > 2015* > > http://jeff.purple.com/ > http://blog.purple.com/jeff/ > > On 1 October 2015 at 10:36, Ingo Bürk <ad...@airblader.de> wrote: > > > The window manager is neither responsible nor involved in network > > management at all, so I'm afraid you're looking in the wrong direction > > here. > > > > On 10/01/2015 10:34 AM, Robert Grah wrote: > > > > > > Hey there, > > > > > > > > > > > > I am having some problems getting wifi to work in i3. I tried to add > > > > > > > > > > > > exec--no-startup-id nm-applet > > > to my config and this braught me the icon, but it can not find any wifi > > networks. > > > > > > It seems that there are some problems with the session or similar. I > > also tried wicd or gnome-network-manager all without results. > > > > > > > > > > > > I am using Ubuntu 15.04 and i3 4.10.4. > > > > > > > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Valentin Rusu IRC: valir