On Tue, 2011-09-13 at 07:46 +0200, Julien Briche wrote: > On 12/09/2011 23:29, Dan Williams wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 08:01 +0200, Julien Briche wrote: > >> On 08/09/2011 19:39, Dan Williams wrote: > >>> On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 08:51 +0200, Julien Briche wrote: > >>>> Hello, > >>>> I am currently working on a ubuntu 10.10 and using NetworkManager APplet > >>>> 0.8.1. > >>>> I would like to display the network manager applet by a command line but > >>>> couldn't find any. > >>>> Actually, if I click on the network-manager applet icon on the panel, > >>>> the applet appears, but I want it to appear without clicking. > >>>> I tried any soft provided by network manager, and also tried to > >>>> dbus-monitor the appearance of the applet but nothing happens on > >>>> dbus-monitor on click. > >>> Two considerations here. First, if you're using the stock nm-applet, > >>> you need to have a "notification area" applet on your panel, which is > >>> what nm-applet embeds itself in. Most desktops (Gnome, KDE, XFCE, etc) > >>> have a notification area. > >>> > >>> However, if you're using Ubuntu 10.10 or later, Ubuntu-specific > >>> modifications to nm-applet make the applet present itself using the > >>> generic menu indicator system (libindicator) and thus you have to have > >>> something that provides that indicator interface that nm-applet can talk > >>> to. > >>> > >>> Assumign you have the pre-requisites, you can simply type: > >>> > >>> nm-applet& > >>> > >>> and that will start nm-applet and return you to the command prompt. Or > >>> use your favorite login/session manager to simply > >>> spawn /usr/bin/nm-applet and it should show up. > >>> > >>> Dan > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Hello, > >> thanks for your answer but it is not what I looked for. > >> Actually the nm-applet is running and I can see its icon in the > >> notification area (of gnome). > >> What I want to do is to see the panel with all the networks available > >> and all the options. > >> When I do type : > >> > >> nm-applet& > >> > >> , it ouputs: > >> > >> an instance of nm-applet is already running > > Ah, so do you mean you want a command-line list of available networks, > > or you'd like some mechanism to cause nm-applet to drop it's menu down > > and show networks, or something else? > > > > Dan > > > > Hello, > Iin fact, I want a command line to cause nm-applet to drop it's menu > down and show networks, > like when I click on the nm icon in the notification area > Julien
Try to look at Dogtail [1] or LDTP [2]. Both should provide a solution for you, I think. [1] https://fedorahosted.org/dogtail/ [2] http://ldtp.freedesktop.org/wiki/About -- Vratislav Podzimek _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
