On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 09:43:22PM +0100, Christoph Wickert wrote:
Am Montag, den 31.12.2012, 15:05 -0200 schrieb ufa:
> Hello,
> i cannot connect to wireless networks with the lxpanel applet.
Hi,
I assume you are talking about the NetworkManager icon in lxpanel's
notification area, right?
Yes, it is. But it seems that it does not interact with NM. It only shows what is
happening with NM.
> I can see the networks, but after choosing one of them, it asks for
> password and nothing happens.
open lxterminal, become root with 'su -' and then run 'tail
-f /var/log/messages to find out what's going wrong.
> Do I have to install something else? Or maybe it is a permission
> problem. Should I add my user to a specific group?
Shouldn't be necessary. The only thing worth installing is gnome-keyring
for storing passwords and pam-gnome-keyring to unlock the default
keyring on log in. You are logging in through lxdm, correct?
Yep I am using lxdm. But I cannot interact with NM without editing some files by hand
(there is a file called /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-example, so with it I can use
the 'example' wifi. If I want to use another wifi network, I have to create a
ifcfg file with the wifi parameters)
I thought that I could use the applet to do that, since it asks me for password if I
choose a wiki network listed there. But if I do, nothing happens unless I create that
file.
Thank you fot the attention and happy new year :)
ufa