On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 07:04 -0700, Philip Walden wrote: > Jose wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I've installed and even updated FC5 on my Acer TravelMate 290 laptop, > > which uses an Intel Centrino chipset (ipw2100). Despite I carefully > > followed the instructions in > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/NetworkManager, ("The > > NetworkManager tray icon automatically appears on your desktop once > > the services are started.") I can't see the tray icon in my > > notification area. > > > > I've read elsewhere that this applet appears only when no cable is > > present, so I tried also unplugging my ethernet cable and even > > restarting with the wireless already on. All kind of combinations > > didn't work. I still can't see the applet on the bar. > > > > I restarted the services, and tried to disable the network service too > > (despite this is not mentioned in the referenced link above, I read > > elsewhere that if you enable the NetworkManager service you may > > consider disabling the network service. That was another test I also > > made. But still no success...) > > > > I already made sure that my notification area is there, of course. > > > > Can you think on anything else I can try? > > > > Thanks in advance. Cheers, > I have seen where you must deactivate the device first in > system-configuration-network before NetworkManager will take over. > That is not true in my case. However the network initscript should not be running. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
