Using nm-applet instead of knetworkmanager or kde-plasma-networkmanagement
Do you prefer to use the old NetworkManager gui instead of knetworkmanager or kde-plasma-networkmanagement? If so just follow these simple instructions to enable it by default.
Enable nm-applet autostart
$ yum install NetworkManager-gnome
$ mkdir ~/.kde/share/autostart
$ grep -v NotShowIn /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop > ~/.kde/share/autostart/nm-applet.desktop
then use systemsettings->(advanced)->autostart to
- enable nm-applet
Disable knetworkmanager
On Fedora 13, knetworkmanager is used by default in kde.
$ cp /usr/share/autostart/kde4-knetworkmanager-autostart.desktop ~/.kde/share/autostart/
then use systemsettings->(advanced)->autostart to
- disable knetworkmanager
Alternatively, you can simply uninstall knetworkmanager to effectively disable it too.
Disable kde-plasma-networkmanagement
On Fedora 14, kde-plasma-networkmanagement is used by default in kde. The simplest way to disable it, is to uninstall it. Even if the plasma applet isn't present or active on your desktop, it's kded module autoloads, which will prevent other managers, like nm-applet, to function.
Alternatively, you can, edit
/usr/share/kde4/services/kded/networkmanagement.desktop
to contain
X-KDE-Kded-autoload=false