[Novalug] Network Manager ( is it all there ?)
greg pryzby
greg@pryzby.org
Tue Dec 27 07:29:13 EST 2016
Your right corner is an icon you click on to enable r the connection and
pick the wifi. It depends on the version as to how the app looks. I am
assuming gnome and a recent distribution
On Tue, Dec 27, 2016, 12:02 AM Walt Smith <waltechmail@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> You're right.
>
> What I have is a config screen when clicked icon..
> I'm missing the functional part.
>
> Both * were * available from one icon which was 2 terminals
> one slightly behind the other. Some somehow the update
> clobbered something ( like another 2 applets ).
>
> It's labeled with mouseover:
>
> Network Connects
> Manage and change your network settings.
>
> So then the Q is how do I get the other part working again ?
>
> thx,
> Walt.................
>
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> On Mon, 12/26/16, greg pryzby <greg@pryzby.org> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [Novalug] Network Manager ( is it all there ?)
> To: "Walt Smith" <waltechmail@yahoo.com>, "novalug" <
> novalug@firemountain.net>
> Date: Monday, December 26, 2016, 9:19 PM
>
> Without
> screenshots, it is a guess. There is an icon in the upper
> right that is where NetworkManager selects the
> Wireless/Wired/VPN/etc.
> The screen you are referring to,
> sounds like the config screen.
> So config vs add.
> (From the internet as to lazy to go
> to Linux box to grab images)PICKhttp://
> i1-linux.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/NetworkManager_1.png
>
> CONFIGhttp://
> 4.bp.blogspot.com/-NK675YRGZiU/UENC3Qo332I/AAAAAAAAAl8/4pa6IwqfG_A/s1600/network_manager_gonem_linux.png
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 26,
> 2016 at 5:55 PM Walt Smith via Novalug <novalug@firemountain.net>
> wrote:
>
>
> hi,
>
>
>
> after a yum update, I have a icon and menu item to
>
> start Network Manager but it looks/acts differently.
>
>
>
> It starts with the window to select or add a connections.
>
> It has wired and wireless listings.
>
> But has no way to "enable" or disable
> connections.
>
> There is no longer any way to select to
>
> connect, or even radio survey: There is only a selection
> to
>
> add, delete or edit a previous list that was there.
>
>
>
> A way to fix it would be very helpful....
>
>
>
> NOTE: I updated it as part of an incremental update
>
> not a month or 2 ago, it didn't change, and this
> update
>
> should have been be very minor. It wasn't.
>
>
>
> note:
>
> Plugging in a USB connector using a Smartphone
>
> as a router worked OK. So do several peripherals
>
> out on a eth0 192.168.1.x And ppp, more or less still
>
> works.
>
>
>
>
>
> thx,
>
>
>
> Walt....................
>
>
>
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