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LXDE Network Manager Doesn't Work; Installed Wicd
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 2:47 am
by coder25
Running LXDE on Kubuntu 16.04 (upgraded by Muon Discover from Kubuntu 14.04 with LXDE already installed)
Have "Network Status Monitor" on the panel, but it doesn't show much: "Name: Io" / "Status: Idle".
So I installed Wicd Network Manger, which appears in the "Internet" menu and seems to work.
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Re: LXDE Network Manager Doesn't Work; Installed Wicd
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 7:12 am
by drooly
like i already said, there's a lot of non-standard stuff happening here.
- what's muon discover
- dist-upgrades on ubuntu are error prone
- esp. if you use a different DE
afaik lxde/lubuntu doesn't even use networkmanager as such, or some reduced version...
all in all, be glad the dist-upgrade left you with a bootable system and you still have internet connectivity.
wicd is a good application and this thread might well be a recommendation for other users having problems with networkmangler.
Re: LXDE Network Manager Doesn't Work; Installed Wicd
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 10:27 pm
by coder25
Muon Discover is the package manager included with Kubuntu and the standard Plasma desktop. Plasma is OK, but is a slow resource hog on a PC with 2GB of RAM. Hence I installed LXDE, then XFCE.
Re: LXDE Network Manager Doesn't Work; Installed Wicd
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 2:53 pm
by Rex Bouwense
Occasionally when you have multiple desktop environments installed they do not play well together. If you wanted LXDE your best bet was to do a fresh install. Since you have a working OS and you appear to be happy with it....