On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:17:48 -0700
Bill Barry <[email protected]> dijo:

> On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:53 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:05:01 -0700
> > Bill Barry <[email protected]> dijo:
> >
> > > > This is not the first time I have tried to figure out how to launch an
> > > > app from the command line. Maybe there is a command I can use to find
> > > > the launch term for all installed packages? Or hopefully can be used
> > > > with grep or something in order to get just the one I want?
> >
> > > dpkg -L network-manager
> > > will tell you which files the package installed
> > > That's a capital L.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Unfortunately, it lists about 50 files. :(
> >
> > Scanning the list I saw "/etc/init.d/NetworkManager" which looked
> > promising. But that got me:
> >
> > j...@devil7:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/NetworkManager
> > [sudo] password for jjj:
> > Usage: /etc/init.d/NetworkManager {start|stop|restart|force-reload}
> >
> > I think I need to find out what launches the GUI.
>
> > It used to be that the GUI launcher was in System > Administration >
> > Network. My "Network" launch item is missing. If someone who has
> > "Network" listed there can open the menu editor and right click on the
> > item, it will say what the command to launch it is.

> Until someone can answer that question directly, what happens when you
> finish the above thought.
> sudo /etc/init.d/NetworkManager restart

j...@devil7:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/NetworkManager restart
[sudo] password for jjj: 
 * Stopping
NetworkManager...
[ OK ] 
 * Starting NetworkManager...   

And that is all that happens. No GUI.

The reason I need the GUI is to be able to find wireless networks when
I am away from home, select one, and connect to it. It is far faster to
do so from the GUI (assuming I can get it to work) than from the
command line. Furthermore, I am soon going to upgrade to Jaunty, and in
Jaunty the GUI works much better. I know that from trying the live CD
of the release candidate. But at the moment I am not sure that the GUI
package is even installed.
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