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FS#18414 - network-manager-applet (nm-applet) won't run due to dbus permission issue

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Dan (piojo) - Saturday, 20 February 2010, 21:25 GMT
Last edited by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Saturday, 20 February 2010, 22:40 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
nm-applet used to work for users in the network group, but now it only runs for users who have opened up a ConsoleKit session, as follows:
ck-launch-session nm-applet

I believe this is not a sensible configuration--if ConsoleKit does something useful, shouldn't it be invisible to the user, and not required to be run explicitly? This thread contains a modified conf file that allows users in the network group to run nm-applet:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=63576

Additional info:
* package version(s)
Using consolekit-0.4.1-2 and network-manager-applet-0.7.999-1
* config and/or log files etc.
Config files are unchanged from default installation.

Steps to reproduce:
Start xfce via "startx" with .xinitrc containing "exec startxfce4" (maybe this is not a problem with gnome).
Open a terminal and try to run nm-applet.

Thanks!
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Closed by  Ionut Biru (wonder)
Saturday, 20 February 2010, 22:40 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Saturday, 20 February 2010, 21:46 GMT
it should work if you have in .xinitrc
ck-launch-session exec startxfce4

this is the proper and documented way

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