[ubuntu-za] nm auto start

[Bruce Pieterse]

On 06/08/2012 16:37, Wesley Werner wrote:
>
> As the file is under your home, you don't need sudo to edit it. So
> what happened here was sudo became root, and interpreted ~ as root's
> home, not yours. Oops.
>
> Try it without sudo ;)
>
> But... I just had this wondering if unity also uses ~/.profile like
> your other WM's do. I can't vouch that it does.
>
> On Aug 6, 2012 3:17 PM, "Miles" <msdomdonner at gmail.com
> <mailto:msdomdonner at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Wesley Werner <wesley.werner at gmail.com
>     <mailto:wesley.werner at gmail.com>>
>     Reply-to: Ubuntu South African Local Community
>     <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>>
>     To: Ubuntu South African Local Community
>     <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>>
>     Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] nm auto start
>     Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 14:11:21 +0200
>
>
>
>     Hello,
>
>     ~/.profile gets run at logon. You can place any startup commands in
>     there. To start nm after a short delay try: (sleep 20s && nm-applet) &
>
>     Just another way to do it (tm)
>
>     Wez
>
>     On Aug 6, 2012 11:12 AM, "Miles" <msdomdonner at gmail.com
>     <mailto:msdomdonner at gmail.com>> wrote:
>             Hi all, 12.04 unity seems ok, just few niggles to sort.
>             Network manager doesn't auto start with mobile broadband even
>             though I
>             have ticked the auto connect block. Am I missing something? NM
>             never
>             gave probs in previous releases
>             Ideas welcome ty Miles (Kilos)
>
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>     Hehe ty Wes. you forget you gotta spell it all out nicely in mechanic
>     language. ~/.profile in terminal says i need permissions and when
>     i sudo
>     it it says file not found
>
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Hi Miles,

What is the output from /var/log/syslog when you connect the device?

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Bruce

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