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mzzxx11 11-15-2013 06:19 AM
network manager applet on MATE desktop
 
I've installed MATE 1.6 on debian wheezy (stable).

So far it works great, but the gnome network-manager applet is gone.
I can still run nmtool from the CL.

question:
is there a MATE equivalent to gnome nm applet?
System->control center->network looks like something which manages networks, but it's all grayed out. is it because nmtool is running?

TIA

l0p3n 11-15-2013 10:27 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by mzzxx11 (Post 5064926)
I've installed MATE 1.6 on debian wheezy (stable).

So far it works great, but the gnome network-manager applet is gone.
I can still run nmtool from the CL.

question:
is there a MATE equivalent to gnome nm applet?
System->control center->network looks like something which manages networks, but it's all grayed out. is it because nmtool is running?

TIA
If System->control center->network opens the nm-applet gui and the buttons are grayed out, try running nm-applet as administrator.

Code:
$ pkill nm-applet
# nm-applet

mzzxx11 11-15-2013 11:28 AM
tnx, but nm-applet doesnt seem to be installed. it could have been removed with all the other gnome apps I purged.

apt-get install nm-applet
gives
Unable to locate package nm-applet

l0p3n 11-15-2013 11:46 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by mzzxx11 (Post 5065094)
tnx, but nm-applet doesnt seem to be installed. it could have been removed with all the other gnome apps I purged.

apt-get install nm-applet
gives
Unable to locate package nm-applet
That is because it is installed with the network-manager-gnome package :)

Code:
# apt-get install network-manager-gnome

mzzxx11 11-16-2013 03:12 AM
tnx :-)


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