starting knetworkmanager

[Clay Weber]

On Tuesday, March 15, 2011 06:29:15 AM Paul Stear wrote:
> Clay,
> Thank you for your response,
> When I check  the network-management widget is missing.
> How do I get it displayed?

Is it listed in the settings for your systray as I mentioned earlier? If so, 
then simply check the box next to it. If not then you will need to do as Gil 
says and install plasma-widget-networkmanagement to get it back, and then go 
back and make sure the box is checked once it is there again.

clay


> regards
> Paul
> PS some users have suggested using wicd instead but I think I would prefer
> to try and restore the kde way of doing things if possible.
> I caused this but I can't figure out how.
> 
> On Monday 14 Mar 2011 23:29:27 claydoh at claydoh.com wrote:
> > >> On Monday, March 14, 2011 11:39:52 Paul Stear wrote:
> > >>> Hi all,
> > >>> I don't know what I have done to cause this but every time I boot the
> > >>> system starts without connecting to the network.
> > >>> If I run knetworkmanager in a konsole it starts as normal and I can
> > >>> check
> > >>> mail etc..
> > >>> How do I get the network to start automatically on boot up?
> > >>> Thanks for any replies,
> > >>> Paul
> > 
> > First thing to check is to see if the network-management widget is just
> > missing from the systray:
> > 
> > right-click in the little arrow on the right side of your systray and go
> > to the settings dialog, and make sure that Network Management is checked.
> > 
> > It should look similar to this in layout:
> > http://genek.net/LinuxAdventures/reviews/kdepics/kde3
> > 
> > Since it was running fine before, My best guess is that it is missing
> > from the systray, therefore it isn't running (or rather the gui to use
> > it isn't
> > 
> > clay