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Gurt
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 Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 5:14 pm Post subject: Network Manager woes |
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Hello all,
I'm having two problems with Network Manager:
1) when I start a Xfce session, the nm-applet icon won't show up in the notification area of the panel. The connection works fine, I get the usual messages like "Connected to [SSID]" etc, but the icon just isn't there. By some dark sorcery, changing the desktop theme makes it show up properly.
2) I can't get a working VPN connection. Openvpn and networkmanager-openvpn were emerged just fine and the VPN settings are correct, so I am absolutely clueless as to what might be going wrong here.
Thanks for the attention! |
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Gurt
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| Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2015 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Okay, solved #2... I had stupidly forgotten to build tun/tap support in the kernel. Now I still need to figure out #1... |
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fredbear5150
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| Gurt wrote: | | Okay, solved #2... I had stupidly forgotten to build tun/tap support in the kernel. Now I still need to figure out #1... |
Did you solve issue #1?
I have been getting something similar for a while, I use the MATE desktop with openrc, plus the same problem occurs across two different laptops.
I too get no nm-applet icon in the MATE notification area, if I go to a shell prompt and restart NetworkManager it then appears, and I can connect. This usually happens on wi-fi and when I have moved a laptop between different wi-fi networks between reboots. |
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BillyD
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I haven't used XFCE for a while, but last year when I tried it out I remember I had to reload the panel to get some of the notification area icons to show up (alt+f2 r maybe?)
Not sure if they fixed that issue or not, but it was a known bug.
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