Network-Manager on XBian

[blazinramirez]

Hi Guys,

I love the xbian version of xbmc. I have tried every other version but this is the fastest. There is only one problem, I want to use wifi by using network-manager because it has a network scanner and can remember my settings better than using ssh to configure it manually.

So I tried to install the network-manager from the xbmc repo but I got a script.linux.nm failed. On raspbmc it is working. How can I make it work on xBian?

Sorry for my bad English (I'm Dutch)

[BartOtten]

Your English is fine

I guess Koenkk or Curlymo will be here soon to answer your question

[CurlyMo]

A user is currently working on a XBMC port of xbian-config. Until then, use the bash version of xbian-config which you can find by logging in through ssh.

[blazinramirez]

Thanks for your replys,

It works on raspbmc. I logged in into the ssh but can't find the script.linux.nm. Does anyone know where
that file is located? If I know that maby I can fix the problem myself.

[CurlyMo]

But xbian-config didn't work?

[blazinramirez]

No, what do I need to change to make it work? I did copy the .xbmc folder from my raspbmc image and pasted that into the xbian by using sftp. I can only see the addons but it is still asking for the script. I also tried it by using xbmc backup program in the xbmc repo. The results are still the same.

[CurlyMo]

Just calm down here. If xbian-config didn't work, we really want to know why because it should.

However it still figured it out:

Code:

apt-get install network-manager python-dbus

[blazinramirez]

(14th Dec, 2012 06:50 AM)CurlyMo Wrote:  Just calm down here. If xbian-config didn't work, we really want to know why because it should.

However it still figured it out:

Code:

apt-get install network-manager python-dbus

When I do that i get this:

Code:

xbian@xbian:~# apt-get install network-manager python-dbus
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

[CurlyMo]

Code:

are you root?

No, you tried as the XBian user, so:

Code:

sudo apt-get install network-manager python-dbus

[blazinramirez]

Thanks alot CurlyMo! You made my day now it works thank you for your time!

[CurlyMo]

For these occasions, the forum has a "Say thanks!" button. You're welcome!

[blazinramirez]

Just a simple question. I got these 2 dongles: Wireless USB Adapter 54g WL-608 and TP-Link TL-WN725N. Both of them are not working in the manager. That's a little strange because they both worked. I think it is a driver problem. Do you have a command to help me install those drivers?

Thx

[CurlyMo]

Can you post the output of "dmesg", "ifconfig" and "lsmod"

[blazinramirez]

Sorry I don't have that much experience with ssh. Can you give me instructions to get the dmesg ipconfig and lsmod?

[CurlyMo]

Those are just commands you can type as root:

Code:

sudo su
dmesg