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Hi,

I'm on Cauldron / GNOME 3 (fallback mode) and I'd like to replace the default network manager "thingy" with NetworkManager / nm-applet

I have managed to get nm-applet showing my in my panel, but I still have a couple of issues.

Firstly the old network applet is always loading, and I would like to know how to remove it.

Secondly, nm-applet reports "device not managed" for my wireless.

Is anyone able to help me get rid of the old networking applet, and get NM to work please? I believe I have all the necessary wifi drivers installed as I can see wireless networks in the old applet.

Regards,
Andrew.

You'd need to add/change an entry in the relevant /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg- file,
so that it says NM_CONTROLLED=yes somewhere. This can also be done if you reconfigure
any given interface from drakconnect.
If you don't want net_applet to start automatically, right-click it -> Settings -> and disable Always run at system start.

Thank you. That works great

Sorry it took me so long to try it!

No problem
Now please just edit the subject of the first post and prefix it with [SOLVED] so the thread is visible to others as solved.