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12-01-2009, 12:37 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2005
Posts: 18
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NetworkManager icon disappeared cannot connect to networks
Dear All,
I have Fedora 11 x86_64 installed in my pc.
this morning i accidentally pressed "remove the network manager icon" from the main panel and now i cannot find ANY way to put it back.
in the services the network manager is working.
when i plug the ethernet cable i have access thankfully since it was set to automatic before but i cannot select any wireless networks.
all my devices eth0 and wlan0 are controlled by the network manager.
i tried to uninstall it and install it back through yum (i know it is what a windows user would do) and nothing still.
please help!
thanks in advance,
thodoros
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12-01-2009, 02:29 PM
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#2
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LQ Guru
Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Fargo, ND
Distribution: SuSE AMD64
Posts: 15,733
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Which desktop do you use. There is a separate package that supplies the gui user tool. I don't currently run Fedora, but IIRC it may have "nm" and "gui" in it's name. You should simply need to run this program. Perhaps running your system-config-network configuration will bring it back as well. KDE also has a knetworkmanager program. I don't know if this is what Fedora 11 uses by default. It uses dbus to communicate with the nm (NetworkManager) daemon.
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12-01-2009, 03:14 PM
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#3
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2005
Posts: 18
Original Poster
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Hi,
thanks for the reply.
sorry I use KDE but it has disappeared from Gnome as well.
I tried to run Knetworkmanager from the graphical environment and the networkmanager command from the terminal but there was no response.nothing happened.
is there a way to bring the system to default settings or sth similar?
thanks again,
thodoros
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12-01-2009, 04:13 PM
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#4
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Member
Registered: Nov 2009
Location: Kolkata, India
Distribution: Fedora 11
Posts: 136
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Try this:
System--> Preferences--> Startup Applications.
Now find and check Network Manager.
Reboot.
Regards.
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12-01-2009, 05:08 PM
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#5
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Member
Registered: Aug 2009
Location: Oregon, USA
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 864
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by jschiwal
...IIRC it may have "nm" and "gui" in it's name.
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AFAIK the GNOME application is called "nm-applet". That's what shows up for me, anyway.
Try doing "ps -A | grep "nm-applet"" in a terminal to see if it's running in GNOME. |
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12-02-2009, 05:02 AM
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#6
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2005
Posts: 18
Original Poster
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Hallo,
thanks for the replies.
i tried both ways but no luck
in preferences->startup applications there was no network manager on the list.should i add sth manually?
in the second solution i typed ps -A | grep "nm-applet" but nothing happened.
any more ideas?
thanks
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12-02-2009, 05:16 AM
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#7
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: May 2001
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 8,529
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What is the output from
You could install wicd |
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12-02-2009, 05:29 AM
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#8
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Member
Registered: Nov 2009
Location: Kolkata, India
Distribution: Fedora 11
Posts: 136
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Yes you should add it manually.
But first try this:
$nm-app [TAB] [TAB]
if this autocompletes to
$nm-applet
then you have it in path
So do this:
System---> Preferences---> Startup Application----> Add
Name = Network Manager
Command = nm-applet
Comments = Anything you like
Reboot.
else you have to find where nm-applet is
$locate nm-applet
Repeat the above except
Command = [full path to nm-applet]
Otherwise, its likely that you dont have nm-applet
Regards.
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12-02-2009, 05:29 AM
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#9
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Member
Registered: Nov 2009
Location: Kolkata, India
Distribution: Fedora 11
Posts: 136
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Yes you should add it manually.
But first try this:
$nm-app [TAB] [TAB]
if this autocompletes to
$nm-applet
then you have it in path
So do this:
System---> Preferences---> Startup Application----> Add
Name = Network Manager
Command = nm-applet
Comments = Anything you like
Reboot.
else you have to find where nm-applet is
$locate nm-applet
Repeat the above except
Command = [full path to nm-applet]
Otherwise, its likely that you dont have nm-applet
Regards.
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12-02-2009, 05:34 AM
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#10
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: May 2001
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 8,529
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why reboot ? It's not windows :-)
restarting X (logging in logging out will do)
Locate will only work if updatedb is installed, executed, and the database is updated.
better use
Code:
find / -name nm-applet
or
Last edited by repo; 12-02-2009 at 05:49 AM.
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12-02-2009, 05:50 AM
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#11
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2005
Posts: 18
Original Poster
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here is the output of some commands you asked me to type:
what do i have to do know?
is nm-tool the same as nm-applet?
thanks
[deo@localhost ~]$ whereis nm-applet
nm-applet:
[deo@localhost ~]$ locate nm-applet
/home/deo/.gconf/apps/nm-applet
/home/deo/.gconf/apps/nm-applet/%gconf.xml
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/crh/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@Latn/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
[deo@localhost ~]$ Command=/home/deo/.gconf/apps/nm-applet
[deo@localhost ~]$ nm [TAB] [TAB]
nm nm-online nm-tool
nmblookup nm-system-settings
[deo@localhost ~]$ nm
nm nm-online nm-tool
nmblookup nm-system-settings
[deo@localhost ~]$ nm-tool
NetworkManager Tool
State: connected
...
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12-02-2009, 05:55 AM
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#12
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: May 2001
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 8,529
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Seems to me it isn't installed.
try to install it using yum
Code:
yum install network-manager-gnome
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12-02-2009, 06:12 AM
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#13
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Member
Registered: Nov 2009
Location: Kolkata, India
Distribution: Fedora 11
Posts: 136
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Thanks , repo.
I am not particularly a Windows fan , but the past always haunts you, cant help :-).
Apart from that could tell me is locate faster than find , assuming both are available.
Thanks again.
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12-02-2009, 06:16 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: May 2001
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 8,529
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locate is faster since it looks in a database, created by updatedb
However, if something is installed, or files are added, after you run updatedb, it will not be found.
So the database needs to be up to date.
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12-02-2009, 08:02 AM
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#15
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2005
Posts: 18
Original Poster
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this is the output of the yum install command you asked me to type:
Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin, dellsysidplugin2, refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
No package network-manager-gnome available.
Nothing to do
thanks
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