Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-06 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 11:21:12 +0530 Anubhav Yadav wrote: > > install xfce > > run xfce > > kill xfwm and start i3 instead ( in the same command, or you might > > be annoyed because not having any wm will make things a lot harder > > to control your system. ). > > I killed xfwm4 using kill and kill

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-05 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> install xfce > run xfce > kill xfwm and start i3 instead ( in the same command, or you might be > annoyed because not having any wm will make things a lot harder to control > your system. ). I killed xfwm4 using kill and killall command but xfwm4 respawns itself back as soon as I kill it. -- Re

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-03 Thread berenger . morel
Le 02.04.2014 17:11, Anubhav Yadav a écrit : I just took a moment to read your 2nd initial post. The errors you get when starting it as root are probably because the default configuration is to not accept ( via policy kit I guess ) using this applet as root. VLC have the same kind of restrict

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-03 Thread berenger . morel
Le 02.04.2014 19:55, Anubhav Yadav a écrit : Oh, apparently you use sudo to start nm-applet. You really shouldn't do that. All the D-Bus and GConf related error messages etc are because you are trying to start it as root from within a user session. I'd probably try with another desktop envi

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> Oh, apparently you use sudo to start nm-applet. > > You really shouldn't do that. All the D-Bus and GConf related error > messages etc are because you are trying to start it as root from within > a user session. > > I'd probably try with another desktop environment. Maybe it's actually > an issue

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> What theme are you using? > Does it help if you use the default Adwaita theme (gnome-themes-standard)? I am using the Elegant_Revisited theme , the warning comes with all the other gtk applications. > >> ** Message: applet now removed from the notification area > > Is nm-applet still running? >

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 02.04.2014 17:50, schrieb Anubhav Yadav: >> That looks ok. >> I completely missed though that apparently nm-applet complains about a >> missing session id for uid=0. >> >> I hope you aren't trying to run it as root? > > No, I just ran nm-applet as normal user, as sudo and as root, to show > the

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> That looks ok. > I completely missed though that apparently nm-applet complains about a > missing session id for uid=0. > > I hope you aren't trying to run it as root? No, I just ran nm-applet as normal user, as sudo and as root, to show the different log messages. But yes I want to run it as a

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 02.04.2014 17:45, schrieb Michael Biebl: > Am 02.04.2014 17:14, schrieb Anubhav Yadav: >>> And please attach the ck-list-sessions output for completeness sake. >> >> ck-list-sessions >> Session5: >> unix-user = '1000' >> realname = 'Anubhav' >> seat = 'Seat1' >> s

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 02.04.2014 17:14, schrieb Anubhav Yadav: >> And please attach the ck-list-sessions output for completeness sake. > > ck-list-sessions > Session5: > unix-user = '1000' > realname = 'Anubhav' > seat = 'Seat1' > session-type = '' > active = TRUE > x1

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> And please attach the ck-list-sessions output for completeness sake. ck-list-sessions Session5: unix-user = '1000' realname = 'Anubhav' seat = 'Seat1' session-type = '' active = TRUE x11-display = ':0' x11-display-device = '/dev/tty7'

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread Anubhav Yadav
>> I just took a moment to read your 2nd initial post. The errors you >> get when starting it as root are probably because the default >> configuration is to not accept ( via policy kit I guess ) using this >> applet as root. VLC have the same kind of restrictions. >> >> The question is, why when y

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> You need an active ConsoleKit session (if you run stable) or a logind > session (if you run unstable). Apparently this is not the case > Assuming you run unstable, do you have libpam-systemd installed? What's > the output of "loginctl list-sessions"? Hi, I am running stable debian wheezy 64 bit

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 02.04.2014 16:34, schrieb Michael Biebl: > Please always mention if you run stable, testing or sid and the versions > of the packages. > > Am 02.04.2014 00:23, schrieb Anubhav Yadav: >> ** (nm-applet:19095): WARNING **: Failed to register as an agent: (32) >> No session found for uid 0 > > You

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread berenger . morel
Le 02.04.2014 16:37, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org a écrit : Le 02.04.2014 16:03, Anubhav Yadav a écrit : dbus daemon is not something you start by hand, and not something that a window manager have to handle. To know if dbus is started, the easier is to run this command: "$/usr/sbin/service

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread berenger . morel
Le 02.04.2014 16:03, Anubhav Yadav a écrit : dbus daemon is not something you start by hand, and not something that a window manager have to handle. To know if dbus is started, the easier is to run this command: "$/usr/sbin/service dbus status". [ ok ] dbus is running -- Regards, Anubhav Ya

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread Michael Biebl
Please always mention if you run stable, testing or sid and the versions of the packages. Am 02.04.2014 00:23, schrieb Anubhav Yadav: > ** (nm-applet:19095): WARNING **: Failed to register as an agent: (32) > No session found for uid 0 You need an active ConsoleKit session (if you run stable) or

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> dbus daemon is not something you start by hand, and not something that a > window manager have to handle. > > To know if dbus is started, the easier is to run this command: > "$/usr/sbin/service dbus status". [ ok ] dbus is running -- Regards, Anubhav Yadav Imperial College of Engineering and

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread berenger . morel
Le 02.04.2014 15:25, Anubhav Yadav a écrit : Seems like problems related to D-Bus. Either it's not started at all (check 'ps aux') or your session is not setup with the necessary privileges to access D-Bus. How do you start i3? I use lightdm. It starts i3. In /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf I have

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> Seems like problems related to D-Bus. Either it's not started at all > (check 'ps aux') or your session is not setup with the necessary > privileges to access D-Bus. How do you start i3? I use lightdm. It starts i3. In /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf I have set the option 'user-session=i3' so that by

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 02 apr 14, 03:53:50, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > Hi, I am using i3 windows manager and I need nm-applet to show in > i3status bar. I have added this line in my ~/.i3/config ... > ** (nm-applet:19416): WARNING **: Failed to initialize D-Bus: Did not > receive a reply. Possible causes include: the

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-02 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 02 apr 14, 05:20:28, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > > If you don't need the VPN support that nm has, take a look at wicd. Wicd > > has the advantage of also having a cli and a curses interface. > > Hi, thanks for helping me out, I tried wicd. > But wicd only contained a gui to manage wireless netw

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-01 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> If you don't need the VPN support that nm has, take a look at wicd. Wicd > has the advantage of also having a cli and a curses interface. Hi, thanks for helping me out, I tried wicd. But wicd only contained a gui to manage wireless networks, not wireless. And I am looking an alternative for so

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Apr 1, 2014 5:24 PM, "Anubhav Yadav" wrote: > Any help. Sorry for the incomplete first message in the thread. If you don't need the VPN support that nm has, take a look at wicd. Wicd has the advantage of also having a cli and a curses interface.

Re: Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-01 Thread Anubhav Yadav
Hi, I am using i3 windows manager and I need nm-applet to show in i3status bar. I have added this line in my ~/.i3/config exec --no-startup-id nm-applet Also NetworkManager is running in the background. If I start nm-applet as a normal user, I get lot of gtk theme warnings regarding px, and then

Unable to start nm-applet

2014-04-01 Thread Anubhav Yadav
Hi, I am using i3 windows manager and I need nm-applet to show in i3status bar. I have added this line in my ~/.i3/config exec --no-startup-id nm-applet Also NetworkManager is running in the background. If I start nm-applet as a normal user, I get lot of gtk theme warnings regarding px, and then