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LXQt nm-applet missing [SOLVED]

I think i have this exact problem.  https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=193980

pgrep nm-applet
2819

So the applet is running it is just not in the tray?

Please Advise

Re: LXQt nm-applet missing

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Quote from: n00b – on
I think i have this exact problem.  https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=193980

pgrep nm-applet
2819

So the applet is running it is just not in the tray?

Please Advise


one thing asserted is that that person was missing this package

https://archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/lxqt-panel/

and another suggested installing network-manager-applet which is also in the artix repos.  have you tried either of those solutions?
Cat Herders of Linux

Re: LXQt nm-applet missing

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sudo pacman -Ss network-manager-applet
world/network-manager-applet 1.26.0-1 [installed]
    Applet for managing network connections
extra/network-manager-applet 1.26.0-1 [installed]
    Applet for managing network connections

sudo pacman -Ss lxqt-panel
galaxy/lxqt-panel 1.1.0-1 (lxqt) [installed]
    The LXQt desktop panel
community/lxqt-panel 1.1.0-1 (lxqt) [installed]
    The LXQt desktop panel

both installed, right?

device is here

lsusb
Bus 008 Device 012: ID 0bda:8812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2T2R DB WLAN Adapter

Re: LXQt nm-applet missing

Reply #3 –
which init are you using?

networkmanager-[your-init]

nm-connection-editor

???

rfkill shows it blocked at all?
Cat Herders of Linux

Re: LXQt nm-applet missing

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sudo pacman -Ss networkmanager-openrc
world/networkmanager-openrc 20210505-6 (openrc-world) [installed]
 OpenRC networkmanager init script

rfkill
ID TYPE      DEVICE      SOFT      HARD
 0 bluetooth hci0   unblocked unblocked
 2 wlan      phy1   unblocked unblocked

nm-connection-editor popped the GUI, but no wifi was configured. I can add a wifi, but am unable to discover the ssids

Please Advise

Re: LXQt nm-applet missing

Reply #6 –
this is what i cloned and built

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtl88xxau-aircrack-dkms-git

how do i know if the driver is working?

it seems...
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rtl88xxau-aircrack-dkms-git#comment-867269

It appears that after the release of kernel 5.18 this module does not build; in the interim, downgrading to 5.17.9 allows me to continue to use my WiFi adapter.

weird, it built without errors for me

Ok, i see, i should have got this https://aur.archlinux.org/rtl8812au-dkms-git.git

Do i need to uninstall the last one before i build the proper driver?

new build removed the other one

Do i have to restart a service now?

Re: LXQt nm-applet missing

Reply #7 –
restart, logout, in, reboot.  anything you like

is it working now?
Cat Herders of Linux

Re: LXQt nm-applet missing

Reply #8 –
no

I got a pop up on first reboot that wireless networks were available, but clicking view connections did nothing and still no applet in the tray. that popup never reappeared.

when i plug in wired connection to post answer, the system will take instructions, but all hang  i have to reboot to do anything.

Re: LXQt nm-applet missing

Reply #9 –
Any thoughts on how to get the NM-applet to work on Artix LXQt?

Re: LXQt nm-applet missing

Reply #10 –
i doubt this is going to help, but you do have "system tray" as a widget '(right click bar and manage widgets) cause thats what allows "old" applets, mine went a bit f'd up when lxqt upgraded, but adding this sorted it (along with a couple of others like the battery indicator and stuff).  One way to know if it is due to the lxqt upgrade is whether it was there when you first installed (from the tested .iso) and could connect then, which I'm assuming was the case as that allowed a connection to do a full upgrade that resulted in this now.   I just checked my notes and i didn't have  to install anything new for networking when i first installed btw |(that's with dinit, not that that would make any difference i think)

Re: LXQt nm-applet missing

Reply #11 –


Its there. the networkManager widget will not add.
If there is no other options, is there another network manager I could install?

https://bayimg.com/LABGiAAhG

Re: LXQt nm-applet missing

Reply #12 –
sorry,  i really don't know the answer to that, but i just added than and it went in fine.  when you first installed, was it there (from the .iso from jan 2022), and it allowed a connection to upgrade or you not updated yet?  If you whip out that system tray, then re-add it perhaps?  lxqt is still a work in progress and a little quirky from what i see!   but worth sticking with too. 

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I had so many bugs on my first set of installs in JAN that I resorted to a hard line.

I never had the wifi working, and now it does not at all.

Re: LXQt nm-applet missing

Reply #14 –
oh, I found another post (that i also used but had forgot about!) about nm, try sudo pacman -S libstatgrab .

https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,3989.0.html

personally I'd just wipe the lot and start again from the sound of your pc, but never having the wi-fi working even on a live boot on the jan .iso) kind of flags a firmware issue for your card to me - do you know what it is?  Personally, i keep a cheat sheet when installing/configuring a new install, otherwise those commands that don't work begin to get lost in the ones that do - that way if and when i need to reinstall, i can just copy and paste down the list and it all goes smoothly and quickly too (and cleanly!)