From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 21 14:17:49 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 156A4106568F for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:17:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from elegoff@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f172.google.com (mail-yw0-f172.google.com [209.85.211.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8854E8FC0A for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:17:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh2 with SMTP id 2so5408113ywh.27 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:17:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=MDhB2/IIvq9y9ABRNmIs428ztq2GkBAJtHLapdtHDqE=; b=WH2Hr5d5gu7jQQqQufFSOXtSGmL2aZK4aqFnJYD1MwAtIZJAuGiaHQk50xv5i3gXRM OATfZrCnUx0lZUrKeKr0LDCTnhVGQI4eRM9QbdBhAHvsplNTr8zk0nwYoMJ/wKsC1ymT Mm2fywhNSLR5yxsKwVZKCWD6gBEgvaly/RJkU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=az/Yiiw4hr5B7SqeuDtu9B9rWq1170anNiNqtVABJdpkUg50lIRZpUGJsVynlX4IoD NVo0kzSgUn8+iRMpAcOih8GRYT1sp6ytMCrz/oXN9rlXiFmr/lY+EoTqZ2xRgHcIPtlM kiqEy7+xuGyKE2VpbvoBbumKvWysX5Kx8k0ys= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.235.1 with SMTP id i1mr11486638anh.74.1261405067586; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:17:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4ad871310912191803u204c177ft97519fac77bc4a6d@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B2D8508.2010007@rawbw.com> <4ad871310912191803u204c177ft97519fac77bc4a6d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:17:47 +0100 Message-ID: From: Eric Le Goff To: Glen Barber Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: yuri@rawbw.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to enable network manager in KDE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:17:49 -0000 > Have a look at ports/net-mgmt/wifimgr I had a look at ports/net-mgmt/wifimgr I am quite new in FreeBsd but in my case it does not work , ie : I start a xfce4 session for a (non-root) user open the wifimgr from the 'network' menu provide root password as requested but then it hangs forever on my laptop Did anyone successfully used wifimgr ? If yes, what could I check to make it work ? PS : I am using FreeBsd 8.0 on an (old) Thinkpad laptop with ipw-2100 wireless card Regards Eric On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 3:03 AM, Glen Barber wrote: > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Yuri wrote: >> How do I launch network manager that allows to visually manage WiFi and LAN >> connections? >> I have FreeBSD on a laptop and I have to establish WiFi connections manually >> -- it's very inconvenient. > > You can always edit wpa_supplicant.conf(5) - you don't need to use WPA/WPA2... > >> >> In Kubuntu this problem is solved and WiFi management is very easy. It's the >> same Looking for the same in FreeBSD. >> > > > > -- > Glen Barber > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >