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Sound the Bell

Heading towards Release Candidate 1 of SUSE Linux 10.1! RC1 is going to be released on Thursday, be prepared. It will ship with NetworkManager 0.6.2 and, of course, with the latest version of KNetworkManager.

Eyes Wide Open: A New Network is Around

A few days ago Will committed KNotify support while I’ve been mainly hunting for lurking bugs. There were quite some show stoppers which are fixed now. Feel free to grab a copy of the latest version (SVN r5961).

Delicious: Drop In Season 4

Watched the trailer of Drop In Season 4 this weekend — simply amazing. Lucky kiwis, I really miss something similar on kraut TV. Especially the second part of the trailer is awesome as there is a terrific song playing in the background. It took me some time to find out who is playing (The Resistance) and which song it is (Revenge on the Riverside, sample).

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  1. xfzr | March 29th, 2006 | 04:59

    Hi.. im thinking on trying out SUSE, now im using Gentoo, do you know when is comming out the next stable version of SUSE?

  2. Timo | March 29th, 2006 | 12:51

    The next stable release is SUSE Linux 10.1. You can find the roadmap on the openSUSE project wiki (http://en.opensuse.org/Roadmap).

  3. Bård | March 30th, 2006 | 15:27

    KNetworkManager is great :) It integrates a little better than nm-applet in my KDE env(with KWallet), and it works better too ;)

    I have one wish(haven’t checked the novell bugzilla yet): It would be nice if I could configure/see networks allready configured. What do you think about that?

    Thanks a lot for working on this anyway :)

  4. Timo | March 30th, 2006 | 15:40

    KNetworkManager already provides an rudimentary implementation to show and edit the configured networks. Check “Options” -> “Show Networks”. This dialog will be enhanced further.

  5. Nael | April 5th, 2006 | 07:42

    Is there a way to disable the notifications that come up when KNM finds (or forgets) a new wireless network? Or at the very least, have them close after a few seconds?

  6. Timo | April 13th, 2006 | 19:46

    Sorry for the delay, I’ve been on vacation.

    Yes, just go open the KDE Control Center (kcontrol) -> Sound & Multimedia -> System Notifications -> Event Source: KNetworkManager There you can adjust the notifications to your personal needs.

  7. Dave | April 13th, 2006 | 23:38

    So does that mean that wpa2 support is going to exist in Yast as well? I just installed suse10.1 beta9 and it didn’t look like there were any easy ways to config wpa2…

  8. Timo | April 13th, 2006 | 23:52

    If you’re using NetworkManager on SUSE you do not need to use YaST in order to join a wireless network. No matter which encryption is used or if the network is encrypted at all.

    Simply start KNetworkManager (application binary: knetworkmanager) and use the context menu of the tray icon to join the desired network.

    Make sure you have enabled NetworkManager on your — it is only enabled by default for laptops. Run YaST -> Network Devices -> Network Card -> Check “User Controlled with NetworkManager”

  9. Markus Becker | April 27th, 2006 | 16:05

    Hi,

    I would like to try knetworkmanager, but at the location you mentioned http://nouse.net/projects/KNetworkManager/knetworkmanager-0.1r5961.tar.bz2 the atchives are not available, just the rpms.

    Thanks,
    Markus

  10. Timo | April 28th, 2006 | 12:45

    Hi Markus,

    I removed this tar ball as it is outdated. However, I just copied a fresh svn check-out to http://nouse.net/projects/KNetworkManager/.

  11. Markus Becker | April 29th, 2006 | 13:08

    Thanks Timo,

    for moving the tarball there. With the possibility of sounding stupid, how do you compile this thing? No configure, no autogen.sh, no autoreconf, no Makefile.cvs.

    I presume that I’m missing some basic KDE compilation knowledge.

  12. Timo | May 2nd, 2006 | 07:06

    Please have a look at http://developer.kde.org which should provide some pointers on how to compile KDE SVN applications. (Looks like the server is down at the moment, though)

  13. Marina | May 11th, 2006 | 21:29

    Hi Timo,

    I’m using Fedora C5, which version of KNetworkManager should I use (System: i386)? A suitable rpm isn’t out yet?
    Anyway, thanx for your work!

    Greetz, Marina

  14. Timo | May 11th, 2006 | 21:58

    Hi Marina,

    as far as I know the Fedora project has not yet picked up KNetworkManager. However, a quick google (KNetworkManager Fedora) showed that you are not the only one waiting to get it packaged. Maybe contacting the Fedora packagers will help.

  15. Alex | May 16th, 2006 | 21:41

    Hi Timo,

    Just trying to get to grips with SuSE 10.1. I’m new to it, and new to running linux as a desktop in general. I went with GNOME on the install. I don’t seem to have the option to choose WPA2 within NetworkManager (note the lacking K at the start), nor do I appear to have KNetworkManager available from within YaST.

    I have a Centrino Duo laptop with an Intel ipw3945 wireless card; I’ve managed to get the driver installed and the firmware working from the Addon CD.

    I’ve also seen a number of articles around the web relating to getting WPA2 working, but you say here that it is already there. What am I doing wrong?!

    Thanks in advance, Alex.

  16. Timo | May 17th, 2006 | 09:26

    Hey Alex,

    If you install SUSE LINUX 10.1 with the GNOME selection you get what you’ve been calling for: a system powered by GNOME ;-) For GNOME you normally use nm-applet as NetworkManager front-end (which should be started by default).

    Make sure that you have checked “User Controlled with NetworkManager” in YaST (Network Devices -> Network Card -> Network Setup Method). Otherwise NetworkManager will not be started and the applets (nm-applet, KNetworkManager) will not be launched either.

    If you want to give KNetworkManager a whirl, please install the package NetworkManager-kde which comes with the binary for KNetworkManager (knetworkmanager).

  17. Alex | May 17th, 2006 | 21:43

    Hi Timo,

    Thanks for your help. I’m posting this through my wireless connection - what I did was install the networkmanager-ide package (which I had to do manually due to not having the CDs available and the YaST bug that won’t allow both the online and CD sources to provide the same packages at once).

    For whatever reason, NetworkManager and nm-applet do not appear to provide WPA2 functionality through their interfaces, but KNetworkManager does, and it works fine :)

    KNetworkManager is the only tool I’ve found to do this, and it’s not installed by default with a GNOME install. Is this a problem, or am I missing something else?

    Thanks once again, Alex.

  18. Timo | May 17th, 2006 | 21:57

    Hey Alex,

    Lovely that it worked out for you that good!

    Actually, nm-applet should provide the WPA bits, too. Anyway, you’re right, KNetworkManager is not installed on a GNOME installation as it is a KDE front end for NetworkManager.

    For a KDE installation it is the other way round: nm-applet will be missing but KNetworkManager will be installed.

    Enjoy SL10.1 and feel free to report back if you have any problems.

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