[SOLVED] network manager applet on MATE desktop

mzzxx11 · 11-15-2013, 06:19 AM

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

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

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 :-)