wireless connection question in E17 [Solved]

[vdubster]

Hello there. I am as new to Sabayon as I am to E17. I just installed it and cannot access the wireless. I tryed network manager but cannot figure out how it works. Wireless connection options do not show up. So basically how does one find wireless connection in E17.
Thank you everyone


Moderator edit: Added "in E17" to the Subject, as the poster is asking specifically about E17.

[joost]

Can you test if this works for you?

open a root shell and run these commands:

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/etc/init.d/NetworkManager stop
/etc/init.d/connman start

[vdubster]

it says no such file or directory

[Fitzcarraldo]

I don't know what you have done so far, so try the following in a Terminal window:

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$ su
Password:  <--- Here you type the root user's password.
# rc-update del wicd default
# rc-update add NetworkManager default
# /etc/init.d/wicd stop
# /etc/init.d/NetworkManager restart
# exit
$ nm-applet &
$

nm-applet is the GUI front-end to NetworkManager. You'll need to right-click and left-click on that to configure networking.

If, when you execute the second command above, you get a message telling you wicd is not in the default runlevel, don't worry about it. If, when you execute the third command, you get a message telling you NetworkManager is already in the default runlevel, don't worry about it. If, when you execute the fourth command, you get a message telling you wicd is already stopped, don't worry about it.

You would do the following in SL E17 to autostart nm-applet every time you boot:

1. Click on Start > Settings > Settings Panel > Apps > New Application and create a Desktop Config File called nm-applet.desktop (you don't enter the ".desktop"; E17 adds that itself).
2. Click on Start > Settings > Settings Panel > Apps > Startup Applications
3. Scroll down the list until you find nm-applet, and click on it to select it.
4. Click the Add button to add nm-applet to the Startup Applications list.
5. Click Apply and Close.

[vdubster]

Wow thanks a lot. It worked perfectly. Thanks for the very detailed explanation.