On 12/24/18 9:51 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: > Over the last few days I've had the laptop in my office plugged in via > an Ethernet cable. Sometime during that fussing I switched from KDE to > XFCE. I've got enough working on it that I took it downstairs where I > connect with WiFi. When I try, I see that my router's connection is > locked (shows a closed padlock). It doesn't matter if I'm logged in as a > normal user (if one can consider me normal) or if I'm logged in as root. > Switching to KDE, I am able to connect as a normal user. > > Is there someplace in XFCE that I need to do something to give it access > to WiFi? >
Network Manager (NM) can be fussy when switching DEs. Did you try a clean reboot going directly into Xfce? the padlock just means the connection needs the wifi password/key. KDE saved the the key in its wallet (if enabled, or with NM) and Xfce can't find it - it uses a different method to store passwords (gnome keyring if enabled or in NM config files). When you click on the wifi systray icon in Xfce, then on your SSID, does a password box pop up? If so, enter it, or set up the keyring if asked. If not, right-click on the wifi icon and select "edit connections". In the Window that pops up, either edit your existing SSID to add the missing information, or create a new one with the appropriate wifi parameters.
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