I apologize for not having been able to test the suggested procedure until now.
I have now tried starting the session with "dbus-launch startxfce4" The behaviour of the nm-applet is unchanged. I think it may be useful to write down a more detailed description of said behaviour. It is possible to disconnect the existing connection and to connect again choosing between wired connection and wifi connection to known routers. The buttons "Connect to Hidden Wi-Fi network" and "Create new Wi-Fi network" are greyed out. Right-clicking the network manager tray icon results in the display of the usual command list : the button "Connection Information" is fully operative ... the buttons "Enable Networking" , "Enable Wi-Fi" and "Edit connections" greyed out. By the way the power manager tray applet also exhibits two greyed-out buttons : "Hibernate" and "Suspend" The Bluetooth tray applet is fully operational. It is apparent that an X-session started from a graphical login screen runs with different privileges compared to an X-session launched as a regular user, even in case said user has been given full administrator privileges. It is possible that simply modifying the permissions (SETUID ? ) of some executables may be an acceptable workaround. The problem is that I do not know which are such executables. I point out that I have installed on my computers several version of Ubuntu and of Fedora. With Ubuntu I have never been able to work comfortably with console logins. Fedora has no problem, simply starting the X-session with "startx" It may be just a different policy about user privileges, by I am sure that some workaround can be found .. Best regards an thanks for the suggestion. Alessandro Volpi -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1422375 Title: If the xfce session is started as a regular user, the nm-applet buttons are greyed out and cannot be used To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-session/+bug/1422375/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
