At Sun, 24 May 2009 17:46:04 +0200 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > On Sun, 24 May 2009 10:57:57 -0400 > Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote: > > > I have been *manually* dealing with my wired and wireless network > > interfaces on my laptop. I have a pair of config files (in > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/: ifcfg-eth0 (wired: Intel Corporation > > 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile)) and ifcfg-eth1 (wireless: > > Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter), both with > > USERCTL=true (and ifcfg-eth0 also has ONBOOT=true). I have manually > > fiddled with the ESSID, etc. in ifcfg-eth1 when needed, but this is > > tiresome. I would like to use NetworkManager, since this sounds like > > it might be easier. I don't use the GNome desktop, so I probably won't > > be able to use the stock GNome applet (this would not be a problem > > normally since I would just write my own GUI thingy, but there seems to > > be a complete lack of documentation for the GNome applet! But I have > > the source code and will figure it out eventually.). I use FVWM as a > > window manager and don't use a "desktop manager" at all. I run CentOS > > 4.8 on my laptop (and no, I am in no hurry to upgrade to CentOS 5). > > > > I've started NetworkManager (as root) and started NetworkManagerInfo > > (both as myself and a 'dummy' user with a vanila GNome desktop), but > > NetworkManagerInfo complains that there are no network interfaces > > available. Where does NetworkManager/NetworkManagerInfo get information > > about available network interfaces? I know that *both* interfaces work > > just fine using the manual startup (eg ifup eth0 and ifup eth1). Is > > there a config file I need to mess with? If so, where is it? > > > > I tried googling and could not find any difinitively usefull information > > (http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/nm.shtml has some information for FC5, > > but it is not totally helpful). > > > > We are on the same boat. > I'm using http://stalonetray.sourceforge.net/ on my laptop. > > AddToFunc StartFunction > ... > + I exec /usr/bin/stalonetray > + I exec /usr/bin/nm-applet > ... OK, this creates a place for the applet to live. The applet still does not work. I using Version: 0.3.1-4.el4: sauron.deepsoft.com% rpm -q NetworkManager NetworkManager-gnome NetworkManager-0.3.1-4.el4 NetworkManager-gnome-0.3.1-4.el4 Oh, and the applet in this version is named NetworkManagerInfo, not nm-applet. > > > Best reagards, Bob > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/