wireless not working in KDE, but works in Gnome

Ledfeather · 05-02-2009, 10:45 PM

ok, so here's the problem, as seen in my clever subject: the drivers for my laptop wireless, which are proprietary, work just fine in gnome, but for some reason the drivers dont seem to be being picked up in KDE. admittedly, i cant get a launcher, or wireless icon/indicator in kde, either. KDE 4 is a new demon to me, and i havent figured it all out yet.

any help is help, so suggest anything, in plain english because im no expert, and i admit that.

eager · 05-03-2009, 09:36 PM

Do you have kdenetwork installed? As root (or using sudo) run "yum install kdenetwork".

BobNutfield · 05-04-2009, 03:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eager

Do you have kdenetwork installed? As root (or using sudo) run "yum install kdenetwork".

I don't think you will get too much installed on Kubuntu using "yum". That is a Red Hat/Fedora package manager,

Hit Alt-F2 and type:

Code:

nm-applet

You will get applet in your tray to start your network. You could install KDENetwork with:

Code:

sudo apt-get install kdenetwork

archtoad6 · 06-08-2009, 12:12 PM

According to http://packages.debian.org/search?su...ords=nm-applet, nm-applet is part of the package network-manager-gnome, are you sure it works in KDE, esp. KDE 4, as well?

Ledfeather · 06-09-2009, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by archtoad6

According to http://packages.debian.org/search?su...ords=nm-applet, nm-applet is part of the package network-manager-gnome, are you sure it works in KDE, esp. KDE 4, as well?

i dont think it does, because i installed it. still nothing

archtoad6 · 06-10-2009, 06:03 AM

No offence, Ledfeather, I wasn't asking you, but rather BobNutfield who recommended it.

Ledfeather · 06-10-2009, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by archtoad6

No offence, Ledfeather, I wasn't asking you, but rather BobNutfield who recommended it.

no offense but its spelled: offense

jaydubb · 06-26-2009, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BobNutfield

I don't think you will get too much installed on Kubuntu using "yum". That is a Red Hat/Fedora package manager,

Hit Alt-F2 and type:

Code:

nm-applet

You will get applet in your tray to start your network. You could install KDENetwork with:

Code:

sudo apt-get install kdenetwork

--Thank you, this post solved my problems instantly.

Eric Elliott · 07-13-2009, 02:13 PM

As was written, install KDE networkmanager. Next you may need to sudo nm-applet, then sudo nm-applet-conf. Next boot it should be in taskbar without any command line steps.
Do not expect KDE desktop to run you cellular modem like it did before KDE was improved.
Gnome still does WIFI & 3G modems well, not KDE.