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Hello all, |
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Getting very frustrated here. Trying to put the finishing touches on a |
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new laptop install. I have verified using the CLI that both wired and |
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wireless networking works fine when I configure manually. As with most |
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laptops, I would imagine, I will be switching locations often, and |
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switching between several different networks both wired and wireless. |
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I thought the thing to do would be to install a slick gui to take care |
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of this. To that end I installed NetworkManager, and KNetworkManager |
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as a front-end as I use a KDE desktop. As far as I can tell Network |
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Manager is working fine, I followed the instructions for setup from |
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the wiki here[0] and here[1], and it does seem to setup a wired |
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connection on eth0 just fine. However, I am getting an error upon |
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trying to start Knetworkmanager: |
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" KNetworkManager can not start because the installation is misconfigured. |
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System DBUS policy does not allow it to provide user settings. |
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contact your system administrator or distribution. |
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KNetworkManager will not start automatically in future." |
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Not sure why, as per the wiki I added: |
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<policy group="plugdev"> |
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<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> |
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<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager" |
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send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManager"/> |
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</policy> |
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to /etc/dbus-1/system.d/NetworkManager.conf, and added my user to |
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plugdev group. Is there something else I'm missing? I'm unsure how to |
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further troubleshoot. I also tried the NetworkManager plasmoid for |
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kde, but that is just bombing with a bunch off error messages I can't |
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read in the 'connections' window. |
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I am wondering if I should just uninstall KNetworkManager, and try |
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nm-applet? Will that even work on a KDE desktop? Will it require |
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installing boatloads of gnome crap I don't want? Should I chuck the |
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whole works and use Wicd? |
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At this point I'd be happy with pretty much any solution that just |
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works, I've wasted the better half of the day on this and I'm starting |
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to think I should just stick to using the CLI...this frustration just |
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isn't worth it. |
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Do any of you folks out there have an easy, simple solution to |
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configuring wireless that you like? I'm open to any ideas. |
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[0] http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/NetworkManager |
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[1] http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/KNetworkManager |
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Support the mob or mysteriously disappear... |
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