Network manager in xfce ?

[Bo Thide']

Hi Yves-Alexis,

Sorry, I didn't realise that I was 'hijacking' anything.  Just wanted
to pose a question to the xfce mailing list and thought I did the
right thing ...

The question I have is about how to set up NM in xfce, not about NM
itself.  Since I prefer a single panel at the bottom of my screen (a
panel that in xfce land apparently is called a "system tray" or a
"notification area", and in our somewhat colloquial parlance is
referred to as a "dash board") and get rid of the panel at the top
of the screen (the default "panel 1" in xfce).  If I remove that
panel, I also remove the NM icon and functionality and am no longer
able to connect to Internet.

You say:
 Though, in your case, I guess it's totaly unrelated to NM, you just need
 to move the notification area from the top panel to the bottom one. Just
 remove it from the top, and then add it to the bottom (it'll be called
 =E2=80=9Csystem tray=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9Cnotification area=E2=80=9D, maybe

It is precisely this I have tried several times without succeeding.
Nowhere have I found a description on how to do it and my own attempts
have sometimes led to disastrous results.  So if you know of any
point-to-point description of exactly how to go about to make this
move, I would be extremely happy. 

Once again sorry for my ignorance in this particular area of xfce.  It's
just that I feel rather uncomfortable how to set up xfce and do not like
neither gnome nor kde.  On the whole, though, I think I am reasonably
computer literate (advanced UNIX applications and system programming for
25+ years under my belt, inclduding being one of the official
contributors to X11 :-)

Best regards,

Bo


In your e-mail of Sun Nov  1 15:57:57 2009 you wrote:
> 
> 
> On dim., 2009-11-01 at 15:36 +0100, Bo Thide' wrote:
> > Hello,
> >=20
> > I just upgraded my Xubuntu to 9.10 but still miss the possibility of
> > having  NetworkManager installed  in my bottom panel so I can remove
> > the top panel to save some display real estate.
> >=20
> > How do I go about to achieve this?  I have tried to use XfApplet but
> > have failed so far...
> >=20
> > Bo
> > PS. The 9.10 is quite OK.  Some improvement over 9.04, but still
> > not quite what I expected.
> 
> Please don't hijack threads (that's considered rude). And
> network-manager has nothing to do with Xfce, so your question might be
> better suited for a xubuntu-user list, imho.
> 
> Though, in your case, I guess it's totaly unrelated to NM, you just need
> to move the notification area from the top panel to the bottom one. Just
> remove it from the top, and then add it to the bottom (it'll be called
> =E2=80=9Csystem tray=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9Cnotification area=E2=80=9D, maybe
>  translated.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> --
> Yves-Alexis
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