5

Install OpenDNS with no network icon in panel - How

view full story
linux-howto

http://crunchbang.org – What exactly did you do to your system that resulted in you not having a network icon? If you switched WMs you could use an app like trayer to see the icon. You could try running nm-applet from a terminal. Or if you don't mind switching to wicd for network management you can use wicd-curses. If you have uninstalled all network management software together, you can configure DNS stuff in /etc/resolve.conf. But if you still have network manager or wicd running in the background, it might just overwrite those settings. There are apps like nmcli and cnetworkmanager that configure network mana (HowTos)

delinux's picture
Submitted by delinux on 12/23/2012 – Made popular on 12/23/2012

Stories similar to Install OpenDNS with no network icon in panel - How

I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 on an LG laptop. I'm connecting to my home wireless network with WEP encryption.

The default Network Manager handles this fairly well. However, I prefer using Wicd, since it starts scanning for networks at boot time, saving me an annoying wait after I log in.

I wanted to share the problems I ran into while switching, and how to avoid them.

i'm currently running gnome 3 with wicd as my internet interface...

I have a TP-LINK WN821N and two computers, both with 12.04 LTS and 12.04.2 LTS. The computer with 12.04 does not have graphical environment, I tried network-manager but did not work so I installed wicd (with wicd-cli and wicd-curses).

I cannot remove wicd 35 weeks 3 days ago

In short words I had issues with wi-fi so removed network manager. Used windows OS (dual booting w7 and 12.04) to download Wicd 1.7.2.4. extracted it and installed. However wcid worked properly with wired connection but could not connect to wi-fi. Re-installed network manager wich works properly now and wicd connects to wi-fi too. As soon i remove network manager wicd connects only to wired.

Trying to post again....last time the post failed after a page long description

Network manager was getting on my nerves with either constantly connecting to a network or asking me to do so. I dont want to have to disable my wireless (i use 2 adapters) just to get it to shut up. So I decided to use WICD. I installed WICD and then later removed NM.

I've been using Wicd since the release of the betas of Intrepid and really rate it highlyFeatures includeNo Gnome dependencies (although it does require GTK), so it is easy to use in XFCE, Fluxbox, Openbox, Enlightenment, etc.Ability to connect to wired and wireless networksProfiles for each wireless network and wired networkMany encryption schemes, some of which include WEP/WPA/WPA2 (and you

Problem: It says the process network manager is running but im not seeing its GUI

Status: I installed Wicd on accident. Then managed to reinstall Network Manager (which deleted Wicd) but now it says Network Manager is running. But i see no GUI and doing nm-applet or nm-applet --smdisable doesnt help

Help!!!!

I've been reading some stuff on using wicd as opposed to nm, in relation to a problem another forum user had posted.

It's suggestion was the removal of the network-manager package, and installation of the wicd package.

WELL. I can't find any network-manager package in my system to remove or even tinker with :/ All I could find was nm-applet.

networking 1 year 17 weeks ago

Hi all,Im having problems with the network manager so decided to install wicd which on other distros never gave me any problem.Now Im working with a badly patched network system which is the default network manager together with wicd.What would like to know is the procedure to remove the default net manager and have wicd start at boot.Thank you in advance