no netowrk configuration

[mtdew3q]

Hi-

My desktop booted right into Razor but when I click the network settings menu option it won't launch a configuration utility.

I will see if I can find a work around for this.

thanks

[mtdew3q]

HI

It seems to be a bug. Lots of users talk about the nm-connection-editor grayed out when trying to run it as root. I am not sure what to do. People suggest changing some packages but that seems to require an internet connection. I thought I heard some people saying to switch the log in manager might work... not sure. I used the build system to create my iso.

thanks

[mtdew3q]

Hi-

I made some more progress. This time i tried the pns-tool. I don't get any debug errors but it doesn't connect "in a few seconds" or even "a few minutes".
It complained about fast_reauth. If I leave that line in, I get a parse error. If I delete the line fast_reauth, no errors, but it won't connect, and I sit there waiting and waiting.

I don't know what else to do. I wonder why it doesn't time out and at least give me some indication of what happened?

[mtdew3q]

Hi-

Problem solved. I glanced at the " instruction for including or not including with ssid. At a glance, I read it wrong.

the pns-tool works really good.

thanks

[fanthom]

glad to hear that someone is still using this old script

[Ahau]

Hehe -- I use it all the time when I break NM-applet or if I need to get online through text mode when initially compiling packages for my desktop modules. Still works like a champ!

[francois]

pns-tool: we are almost talking paleontology here in terms of porteus tools. Back to the era of slax-remix. This tool is next the foundation of porteus, and made the difference between the primitive and the modern era of porteus.

[brokenman]

I have a vivid memory of being in hospital to have two metal plates attached to my vertebrae and working on a variation of this tool in my hospital bed. Yes it was the slax-remix days. Fanthom beat me to it (luckily) and the code is still rockin. Awesome.

I will take a look at nm-connection-editor later. Can you please try to launch it from a root terminal with: dbus-launch nm-connection-editor

[mtdew3q]

Hi-

I tried
dbus-launch nm-connection-editor

but everything is grayed out.

Any other ideas? Sorry for not getting back in a while. I was caught in a vicious work cycle.

thanks

[fanthom]

@mtdew3q
please run 'cat /proc/cmdline' and check if 'nonetwork' is there. if it is then remove it from your bootloader config (porteus.cfg?) and if you are saving changes then follow this:

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nonetwork

   ... This boot parameter will prevent Porteus from automatically
       establishing a network connection on start-up.
       Note that this cheatcode makes some modifications to
       your system which must be manually restored, so it is
       recommended that you only use this cheatcode in "Always
       Fresh" mode. If you've ignored this advice and need to
       recover your network connection, please run the following:

       chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager
       sed -i 's/Hidden=true//g' /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop

to recover your network connection.

[brokenman]

I was caught in a vicious work cycle
I hear you there.

Try fanthom's suggestion above and let us know. I have experienced this before (running as root) but not sure what caused it. Restarting the nm-applet fixed it for me.

[mtdew3q]

Hi-

The print out from cat /proc/cmdline trick didn't work. Nonetwork is not listed in that print out.

I still can use pns-tool. If you want to take a break trying to help, that is cool. Maybe we could see if anyone else reports this. To be honest, I had tried a few things to "fix it" from the internet and to no avail. I kind of gave up on it. Can't really remember what I tried. It has been almost a month or so. It was weird. If the first time I launched the applet nm-connection-editor if was enabled I would have simply filled it in and would have been on my way. Not sure why it is being disabled "out of the box". The always fresh version connected if I correctly recall.

Another idea is to check my version, and if I don't have the new porteus version, I can upgrade, but I am not doing it until my AT&T mifil plan data refreshes.

If you want to keep firing suggestions, I can try though.

I will check back in a little while. I have to go get ready for the new day. It is 1:30 p.m. GMT .

[mtdew3q]

oops. and of course, many thanks. The pns-tool is really cool. If the automatic tool doesn't end up running, I won't need to worry.

mtdew3q