Debian 11 Xfce - Applications -> Settings -> Network Connections missing

Roger Price

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Aug 9, 2021, 11:20:04 AM8/9/21

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I'm trying to set up a Wi-Fi connection in Debian 11 with Xfce. In previous
Debian Xfce installations I found Applications -> Settings -> Network
Connections which offered a useful GUI. I can't find the Netwok Connections GUI
in Debian 11. Is there some additional package I need to install?

Command nmcli general reports that eth0 and wlan0 interfaces are operational,
but I would prefer to continue using a GUI interface to set up wlan0 if this is
possible.

Roger

Roger Price

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Aug 9, 2021, 11:40:05 AM8/9/21

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On Mon, 9 Aug 2021, Roger Price wrote:

> I'm trying to set up a Wi-Fi connection in Debian 11 with Xfce. In previous
> Debian Xfce installations I found Applications -> Settings -> Network
> Connections which offered a useful GUI. I can't find the Netwok Connections
> GUI in Debian 11.

To answer part of my own question: I have found /usr/bin/nm-connection-editor
If I call it from the command line I get the GUI, but it's missing in
Applications -> Settings.

Roger

Charles Curley

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Aug 9, 2021, 11:50:04 AM8/9/21

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On Mon, 9 Aug 2021 17:10:52 +0200 (CEST)
Roger Price <deb...@rogerprice.org> wrote:

> I can't find the Netwok Connections GUI
> in Debian 11. Is there some additional package I need to install?

Is the NetworkManager GUI for GTK installed?

apt install network-manager-gnome network-manager

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Charles Curley

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Aug 9, 2021, 12:20:04 PM8/9/21

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On Mon, 9 Aug 2021 17:10:52 +0200 (CEST)
Roger Price <deb...@rogerprice.org> wrote:

> I'm trying to set up a Wi-Fi connection in Debian 11 with Xfce. In
> previous Debian Xfce installations I found Applications -> Settings
> -> Network Connections which offered a useful GUI.

I'm on Debian 10 (Buster) and 11 (Bullseye), both with XFCE, and don't
have that particular menu entry. Try the notification area, right side
of the top panel. Hover over each icon in the notification area until a
tool tip identifies it.

ghe2001

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On Monday, August 9, 2021 9:46 AM, Charles Curley <charle...@charlescurley.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Aug 2021 17:10:52 +0200 (CEST)
> Roger Price deb...@rogerprice.org wrote:
>
> > I can't find the Netwok Connections GUI
> > in Debian 11. Is there some additional package I need to install?
>
> Is the NetworkManager GUI for GTK installed?
>
> apt install network-manager-gnome network-manager

I use XFCE to. Might want to try /etc/network/interfaces, too. Here's a relevant piece of mine:

# wlan0 -- Get DHCP from SSID: Frasier_Residents, PW: <PW>
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid Frasier_Residents
wpa-psk <PW>

This turns on WiFi at boot and gets a DHCP IP and stuff from the local WiFi net. And no boogers in the panel...

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