hello, i've tried installing my first slackbuild. I wanted gnome network manager as it's the only way i know how to connect to my mobile broadband.
I downloaded the following all from slackbuilds.org and installed them in this order.

libtasn1
ORBit2
GConf
libgnome-keyring
gnome-keyring
network-manager-applet
NetworkManager

if i run the command, "nm-applet" it doesn't work.
Robby's comments says, "You will also need to start rc.networkmanager during boot - you can use
rc.local"

I haven't done this, and think this may be why it won't start. I don't actually know what to do.
thanks

You need to add the following lines

# Start networkmanager:
if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager ]; then
sh /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager start
fi

Cheers,

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i feel like such a noob, hammering this forum with questions, so thanks to everyone who's helping out, i am learning.
Do i add those lines to the rc.networkmanager file?

No, add them to /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Create the file if it doesn't exist. Make sure it has the executable bit, if not:

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hi again. ok i put that code into the rc.local file and it still isn't working. I run nm-applet in the terminal as my normal user and i get this message.

so i ran the 'nm-applet' command as root and i got this message,

Did you run rc.local after adding the lines? If not, go to /etc/rc.d and type ./rc.local as root. Or run ./rc.networkmanager start.

Next time you restart the computer, it will be started automatically.

i just tried running that command and it said network manager is already running, and it will not start it twice

Is your user a member of the "netdev" group?

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Well, then did you try:
I haven't looked at the script in ages, there might also be

i just tried the stop command and it worked, then i started it again, both as root, then i rebooted, tried "nm-applet and the result is still the same as before.

Have you checked this?
I can confirm that I get the same error when starting nm-applet if my user is not a member of the "netdev" group.
You can add yourself to the group with a command like:

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hey, thanks everyone, you have all helped me, and nm-applet now runs automatically on boot. on a darker note, unfortunatly it doesn't seem to be as easy as in other distros. Normally after i plug the dongle in, i'll wait a minute and it'll tell me it's detected the dongle and then i'll follow the setup steps to get it up and running. Now nm-applet is working, i've plugged my dongle in, and waited several minutes, but it doesn't show any detection.

Install ModemManager and your mobile broadband should work (might require a rebuild of network-manager-applet after, but I'm not sure)

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thanks piratesmack, that solved the problem. Thanks everyone, you all have helped me install my first slackbuild set; and i have found the experience very rewarding, i can now access the internet on my slack partition. (= I'm very happy. I'm not posting this off my slack partition as i want to find out what security things need to be done. Thanks everyone.