nm applet does not appear

[Niloc Deeps]

 source package network-manager-applet 0.7~~svn20081020t000444-0ubuntu1 (source) in ubuntu intrepid

Ubuntu 8.10

colin@colin:/$ apt-cache policy packagename
W: Unable to locate package packagename

nm-applet does not appear anywhere. This is what happens when I "nm-applet" in terminal:

colin@colin:/$ nm-applet

** (nm-applet:8674): WARNING **: <WARN> applet_dbus_manager_start_service(): Could not acquire the NetworkManagerUserSettings service as it is already taken. Return: 3

(nm-applet:8674): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

Everything worked really well in 8.04 - even though I use an Acer Aspire 5050 AMD 64 - I need wireless for my work & cannot connect. Looking in "help" only gives instructions using network manager - which I can't find!

Thanks

[Felipe Venegas (fvenegas)]

I have the same problem in 8.10.
try to "sudo nm-applet" for the applet.

[Niloc Deeps (ajarncolin)]

Thanks Felipe, but I get:
** (nm-applet:8674): WARNING **: <WARN> applet_dbus_manager_start_service(): Could not acquire the NetworkManagerUserSettings service as it is already taken. Return: 3

(nm-applet:8674): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

Try "sudo killall NetworkManager"
Then "sudo gdb NetworkManager"

Then, when you get "(gdb)" enter "run"

That gets my applet on, but I don't know if it works yet, as I haven't got wireless here.

[arno_b (arno.b)]

Thank for your report but this problem has been already reported.

By the way, I had the problem and I solved it by changing managed=false by managed=true into the /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf

(make sudo /etc/init.d/NetworkManager restart after that).

[Niloc Deeps (ajarncolin)]

Thanks for the reply, but........ I still don't get an applet. I've
added network MONITOR to the panel and that works. When I go to work
tomorrow I'll see if I can connect to the wireless network. If so, it
doesn't matter about the applet.
I'll keep you posted.
Thanks
Colin

Arnaud Blouin wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 289466 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289466
>
> Thank for your report but this problem has been already reported.
>
> By the way, I had the problem and I solved it by changing managed=false
> by managed=true into the /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf
>
> (make sudo /etc/init.d/NetworkManager restart after that).
>
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 279262
> [regression] devices/interfaces not set to "auto" in /etc/network/interfaces get blacklisted in 0.7 (intrepid) but were managed in 0.6 (hardy and before)
>
> ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 279262
> [regression] devices/interfaces not set to "auto" in /etc/network/interfaces get blacklisted in 0.7 (intrepid) but were managed in 0.6 (hardy and before)
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 289466
> Network Manager 0.7 applet not Appearing if there are managed entries in /etc/network/interfaces
>
>

[Niloc Deeps (ajarncolin)]

Sorry, I forgot. Now I can't even get the applet on with:
$ sudo killall NetworkManager
$sudo gdb NetworkManager

which worked before!
thanks again

Arnaud Blouin wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 289466 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289466
>
> Thank for your report but this problem has been already reported.
>
> By the way, I had the problem and I solved it by changing managed=false
> by managed=true into the /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf
>
> (make sudo /etc/init.d/NetworkManager restart after that).
>
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 279262
> [regression] devices/interfaces not set to "auto" in /etc/network/interfaces get blacklisted in 0.7 (intrepid) but were managed in 0.6 (hardy and before)
>
> ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 279262
> [regression] devices/interfaces not set to "auto" in /etc/network/interfaces get blacklisted in 0.7 (intrepid) but were managed in 0.6 (hardy and before)
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 289466
> Network Manager 0.7 applet not Appearing if there are managed entries in /etc/network/interfaces
>
>

[Andre Barbosa (andre-emanuel-barbosa)]

Hi,

I've the same problem here. Update from 8.04 to 8.10.
Everything worked fine on 8.04, and now I can't see the applet.

I see the notification balloons from my 3g card but I can't see the applet and I can't manage my connections..

I'm still using the old vodafone mobile connect application because I can't see the new network manager.

If you need any details please fell free to ask

[eneth80 (eneth80)]

Hi, I can launch nm-applet and NetworkManager in my ubuntu machine by launching a script at start-up. In sessions I put:
~/.launch_nm-applet &
which contains the following script:

#!/bin/bash
#launch useful stuff for gnome...

#first unlock the default keyring...
echo PASSWORD | /usr/libexec/pam-keyring-tool -u -s

#then run nm-applet in the background...
nm-applet --sm-disable&

I also have to do sudo NetworkManager, I do not know if this is normal.
Hope it helps
Alex