network manager applet in kubuntu

[Alan Dacey Sr.]

On Friday 26 March 2010 06:15:55 am you wrote:
> On Friday 26 March 2010 03:28:56 am you wrote:
> > Alan Dacey Sr. wrote:
> > > On Thursday 25 March 2010 05:03:39 am O. Sinclair wrote:
> > >> Luca Ferrari wrote:
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>> I'm running kubuntu 9.1 and I've noted that the network manager
> > >>> applet is not working properly:
> > >>> 1) it does not connect me to a PSA-WSK network
> > >>> 2) it does not allow me to edit a mobile broadband conenction when a
> > >>> huawey meodem is plugged in.
> > >>> 
> > >>> I've found that the gnome counterpart applet is working fine, so my
> > >>> question is if the kde one have still some bugs or I'm missing
> > >>> something.
> > >> 
> > >> Can I ask how you went about to install that instead of the kde
> > >> network manager? I also have some minor problems and would like to
> > >> try it out.
> > >> 
> > >> Kind regards
> > >> Sinclair
> > > 
> > > sudo apt-get install wicd
> > 
> > I know how wicd works and have  used it for years. But wicd does not
> > support vpn (not that I recall) and can not handle Mobile broadband
> > connections.
> > 
> > So the query was: how to install gnome nm-applet in Kubuntu 9.10, not
> > how to install wicd
> 

Hmm, I guess actually reading everything in an email helps to get the real
ideas that someone is trying to say :/
 
When I need to use a vpn in kubuntu I use the program KVpnc.  It works very
well for me, never drops to what I connect with.  I do not know of any KDE
applet that works.  If I had to guess, I'd purge the KDE network applet
(after backup), install the gnome applet and see if that works.  I would
imagine that it will not show up in the system tray, but that is just my
half-empty part talking.

-- 
Alan

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