Re: NetworkManager applet

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 15:55 +0200, Jose wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I've installed and even updated FC5 on my Acer TravelMate 290 laptop,
> which uses an Intel Centrino chipset (ipw2100). Despite I carefully
> followed the instructions in
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/NetworkManager, ("The
> NetworkManager tray icon automatically appears on your desktop once
> the services are started.") I can't see the tray icon in my
> notification area.
> 
> I've read elsewhere that this applet appears only when no cable is
> present, so I tried also unplugging my ethernet cable and even
> restarting with the wireless already on. All kind of combinations
> didn't work. I still can't see the applet on the bar.
> 
> I restarted the services, and tried to disable the network service too
> (despite this is not mentioned in the referenced link above, I read
> elsewhere that if you enable the NetworkManager service you may
> consider disabling the network service. That was another test I also
> made. But still no success...)
> 
> I already made sure that my notification area is there, of course.
> 
> Can you think on anything else I can try?
> 
> Thanks in advance. Cheers,
> 
> jose.
> 
I am not sure what you are trying to od. In my case the nm-aaplet is an
icon on my bottom panel because I put it there.
-- 
Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>