Hi, maybe you have your old packages in /var/cache/apt, so you can reinstall networkmanager? I don't see why e would conflict with that, but at least you'd have internet access. Wicd is fine too, if that's a solution to have both e and wifi. Also, not sure if elive is still alive, but bodhi is a good option (and ubuntu based, so no surprises there). I suck at debugging from a distance, so I won't bother with your other issues. Oh, and if you can post on the mailing list, you also can download debs directly and install those, right? Check packages.ubuntu.com. If I'm not mistaken econnman needs both connman (obviously) and the python-bindings for efl.
Martin On Sat, 05 Jan 2013 16:29:32 -0500 Chris Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > I just borked a clean recent vanilla kubuntu (quantal?) system like > so: > > | % add-apt-repository ppa:efl/trunk > | % apt-get update > | % apt-get upgrade > | % apt-get install e17 > > I logged out of my KDE/Plasma session, selected enlightenment from the > lightdm menu, logged back in, and ran the e17 wizard making no changes > to the defaults. > > That's where I noticed that I was missing my laptop's Wifi led. > > I wasn't expecting a notification, so I thought that this was just > a matter of manually configuring the ConnMan (?) applet. So, I clicked > on the icon in the Shelf, checked 'Wifi On', clicked 'Configure'... > > This caused a popup to be displayed with an ominous-looking > exclamation mark in a triangle, and the following error message: > > | This module wants to execute an external application eConnMan that > | does not exist. Please install EConnMan application." > > So, if the message really means what it says, it looks like whatever > package should have installed EConnMan ('ConnMan' prefixed with an > 'E') is missing.. 'optional', perhaps.. not pulled when I installed > e17..? > > The KDE wifi stuff (network manager, I believe) having been removed by > the e17 install and since I only have wifi internet at this point, I > am stuck. I cannot just reinstall network manager and start over. > > Any suggestions how I could work around this..? > > If I understand the problem correctly (?), I was thinking I might get > away with manually downloading the missing .deb(s) from the repos at > launchpad.net/efl and (re)installing via ‘dpkg -i’. > > Keeping in mind I am not too worried about the long-term integrity of > the apt environment on this particular system, is there any chance > that this might work without wasting too much time over it..? > > The question is what package(s).. Just the one that has EConnMan.. > other packages on top of that.. all the e17 packages for my ubuntu > release..? > > Incidentally, in the event I eventually manage to get this to work > under e17, how am I supposed to switch between Plasma/KDE (or any > other desktop/wm) and e17 thereafter..? Not by installing, removing, > reinstalling.. network manager and ConnMan every time I log in and > out, surely..? Once my wifi connection is up again, should I just > forget about the applets and set up wicd..? > > While I'm at it, here are a couple of other problems I've run into: > > 1. The 'applications' menu is empty - hence I cannot even as much as > launch an xterm (worked around that by creating a Favorites menu > with Uxterm + a couple of other things).. > > 2. The 'navigate' menu appears to be populated by entries with the > names of a bunch of well-known screensavers.. antmaze, antinspect, > etc. Hum.. Maybe I did screw up when running the wizard after all ;-) > > 3. I can no longer Ctrl+Alt+Fx to fall back to a linux console.. All > I get is a black screen. I have to log out and use lightdm's 'log > to console' option. This doesn't happen with plasma/KDE. I'm running > a framebuffer console and the nvidia proprietary blob-—rather than > nouveau. > > 4. KDE applications such as Konsole, calibre, etc. appear to crash at > startup. I didn't bother writing down any of the numerous cryptic > messages & investigating at this point.. > > Likely most of these other symptoms are unrelated to the wifi issue, > but then again they might provide a clue.. > > But apart from the system being unusable at this point, everything > else looks good to me..!! > > A quick note about where I'm coming from. I have been keeping an eye > on e16/e17 for close to 12 years, and recently contemplating a switch > from my ageing Window Maker to enlightenment but I'd rather have a > 'real system' running off of my HD (eventually stock debian rather > than one of the ubuntu's, mint's, bhodi's..). I am not interested in > running Elive either at this point. No rush in any case and this > approach should make it easier to make up my mind when the time > comes.. > > Sorry for the long-winded post and tia for any suggestions. > > Thanks, > > CJ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, > MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills > current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by > Microsoft MVPs and experts. 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