What to use in Gnome instead of Kinternet

swerdna · July 31, 2009, 3:35am

I used to use Kinternet to turn my modem on and off in KDE4.

Now I’ve switched to Gnome.

I can still configure the modem with the Yast modem tool. But I rather like the idea of an icon to connect and disconnect the modem in Gnome just as I did in KDE. So what would I use in Gnome instead of the Kinternet tool I had in KDE?

Thanks
swerdna

swerdna · July 31, 2009, 12:23pm

This is kind of a bump

Where I’m at: I’ve configured the broadband wireless modem in Yast → Network devices → modem.

I see the configfile in ifcfg-modem0 at /etc/sysconfig/network

OK how do I tell the modem to connect in Gnome (I used to use kinternet, what do I do without kinternet)?

thanks
swerdna

swerdna · July 31, 2009, 12:26pm

OK I then ran this as root:

 ifup modem0

and it connected to the internet.

BUT I want some GUI icon thing that shows me whether I’m connected and that I can connect and disconnect by GUI – is that possible in Gnome?

finders · July 31, 2009, 2:24pm

Hi.
When I was installing a gnome desktop for my friend, I had the same problem with modem control.
I use only KDE so I had no idea where to find such thing for gnome.
He just needed a connect/disconnect icon so I installed kinternet,
enabled user control in yast and it worked fine.
It is set to run at startup and just sits in the tray, same as KDE.

david71 · July 31, 2009, 2:34pm

Hi swerdna,

Is NetworkManager what you’re looking for?

I think this is referring to the same thing in the openSUSE manual located here
usr/share/doc/manual/opensuse-manual_en/manual/cha.nm.html
on my system, so probably the same for yours.

Not sure if this will help as I’ve never used KDE or NetworkManager.

microchip8 · July 31, 2009, 2:45pm

So you betrayed us? Very nice of you…

swerdna · August 1, 2009, 9:31am

Thanks, I tried that and it worked.

swerdna · August 1, 2009, 9:35am

Hi and thanks for that. I and tried that and couldn’t get it to work, despite it mentions broadband wireless.

swerdna · August 1, 2009, 9:43am

I just got so sick of the KDE apps not working properly. I know we have to go through the development phase for KDE4 – and I’m really cool with that. I just felt like 6 months with things that “just work”. Hence Gnome – it’s a great Desktop I find.

For example it’s so great to dld something and R-click in Nautilus and select “extract here” – Just like the old days of KDE3 – and so on for dozens of little things I was used to.

And I so like being able to click an icon and not getting a bouncing icon for 30 seconds while it fails, and then doing it again with my fingers crossed, hoping for a Konsole or whatever.

KDE4 will get there in another year I think. By then I’ll be well and truly ambidextrous (so to speak).