Thanks for the help. I followed Jim's advice, opened Sessions but found NM already being there and enabled. Maybe it gives a clue that when I run "nm-applet --sm-disable" from a console, the system seems to hang, just a blinking cursor, I have to Crtl_C.
Thanks, Robert -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bubba Siggler Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 8:43 AM To: Jim Popovitch Cc: networkmanager-list Subject: Re: Problem with NetworkManager, Ubuntu 6.10 On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 20:47 -0500, Jim Popovitch wrote: > On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 15:08 -0800, Ruland, Robert E. wrote: > > I am a newbie to Linux and obviously need some basic advice. I just > > installed Edgy Eft on an IBM T40p replacing XP. I can connect manually > > to open wireless networks, i.e. I need to type in the SSID. Synaptic > > tells me that Network Manager Gnome is installed but its icon doesn't > > show. What do I need to do to get NM going? My goal is to make WPA > > work. > > Go to System -> Preferences -> Sessions, click on the "Startup Programs" > tab and Add. Then, if you don't want to > logout/login, open a console and run that command for the current > session. > > hth, > > -Jim P. > > Thanks Jim I was thinking the same thing. Sorry Robert but that link has a > lot of How to. Bubba > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
