Need help accessing Network Manager again after a mistaken uninstall

[erinsaurus87]

Hi,
So I've been having networking problems and in a sad attempt to fix my broken networking abilities, I accidentally uninstalled network manager. I believe I have network manager reinstalled now, but I no longer have the icon on my toolbar to open the program up and see available wifi connections, etc. Could anyone help me (1) confirm that I do indeed have network manager back, and (2) help me either get my little icon back too so I could manage my wifi, or tell me if there is a way to open up a GUI for Network Manager thru the command line? I'm unclear as to whether the applet/widget is the only way to use GUI to deal with Network Manager.

Thanks for any help!

[erinsaurus87]

Re: Need help accessing Network Manager again after a mistaken uninstall

Update: I've found KNetworkManager under Applications > Settings, but when I try to open this application, nothing happens?

[claydoh]

Re: Need help accessing Network Manager again after a mistaken uninstall

Check for the tray icon settings to see if it is available to be re-added:
rightclick on the arrow on the right side of the system tray
Select System Tray Settings
Under "extra items" make sure network management is available, and checked

[erinsaurus87]

Re: Need help accessing Network Manager again after a mistaken uninstall

Would adding the Network Manager widget to the panel help anything if Network Manager is not responding when I go the long way to open it under Applications? Also my system tray doesnt have an arrow, it has a yellow swirl thing the "panel tool box", and none of the settings options I have include "extra items"

[claydoh]

Re: Need help accessing Network Manager again after a mistaken uninstall

that yellow thingy (the 'cashew') is for the entire panel, yout system tray is a plasma widget that resides in that panel.

The arrow to show/hide hidden icons in the systray is to the very right of the tray, just to the left of the clock widget in a stock Kubuntu setup.

[erinsaurus87]

Re: Need help accessing Network Manager again after a mistaken uninstall

Ah thanks for your help claydoh. I can see my network manager in the toolbar now.