From the link I poasted what I did to get rid of the ethernet icon error
Enabling Interface Management
If you want Network Manager to handle interfaces that are enabled in /etc/network/interfaces:
Set managed=true in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf. So this file looks like:
[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile
[ifupdown]
managed=true
But then it would be managed by network manager. This may change a lot more than “no more red icon”. I don’t know if network manager, especially the ifupdown (manage /etc/network/interfaces) is ready for prime time.
would removing this network management icon be a problem? The warning it gives is misleading
No problem. But I never saw anyone being able to do that.
Short page with commands on how to hide either network manager or kde-plasma-networkmanagement though its mainly instructing people to deprecate the latter in favor of the former.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KDE/Using_nm_applet_instead_of_knetworkmanager
Doesn’t work that way on Debian. That package doesn’t even contain that file.
sudo apt-get install apt-file
apt-file update
apt-file list plasma-widget-networkmanagement
Are there any related packages in this list that make sense for the method I linked to in my last post?
https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/plasma-widget-networkmanagement
Doesn't work that way on Debian.Please be more specific. Is it that the package isn't even in Debian or isn't being used?
Not that I know.
It’s used in Debian, but Debian packages it differently. Doesn’t use the same autostart mechanism. I don’t know the mechanism by which it decided to autostart it so we could hook into it.
https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager
Says that kdenetwork manager is a front end to the network manager. The link is very relevant to this topic and short please read it.
Done. Didn’t help.
Going to re-register on kde user mailing list. Was quite useful in past.
Links:
Please consider signing up as well.
Got quite a few stuff I need to ask. From my TODO list:
- kde discuss debuggbility of distro settings
- kde discuss changing user settings through upgrade by distro
Edit:
Scratched already asked questions.
[quote=“Patrick, post:10, topic:507”]- kde discuss debuggbility of distro settings
I haven’t forgotten about this, as soon as I have time I will create a KDE account and help out with the topics you need to ask about.
[quote=“Patrick, post:11, topic:507”][quote author=Patrick link=topic=532.msg4146#msg4146 date=1411287818]
[quote=“Patrick, post:10, topic:507”]- kde hide icons in taskbar by default, example of scripted desktop
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kde how to hide unmanaged network[/quote]
That question might not be necessary. This may be it.
KDE System Administration/PlasmaDesktopScripting - KDE TechBase
Now we gotta find how how to apply it.
Here is what I think needs to be done with this script:
They can also be put in share/plasma-desktop/init/ to set up Plasma layouts on first log-in (or whenever there is no existing configuration) or in share/plasma-desktop/updates/ to alter the plasma-desktop configuration on its next start.
The /updates/ folder also solves the “changing user settings through upgrade by distro rather then fresh build” question.
Committed a fix. I am not entirely sure it works due to difficulties debugging this stuff as explained above. A new image build will show. Chances are good.
It’s back since jessie / Whonix 11. But in another form.
Do we to leave it as is or try to remove it?
Removal is better because they don’t show useful information anyway. Should I research how?
Yes, please.
https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=106780#p245567
~/.kde/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc
[Containments][1][Applets][6][Configuration][Applets][9] geometry=0,0,24,24 immutability=1 plugin=org.kde.networkmanagement zvalue=0