This may be a stupid question but I just downloaded the KDE plasma 5 desktop and when I log in to the desktop I cannot connect to the internet because I can't find where the network manager is. Usually when I log into the regular KDE desktop I just click on the icon in the panel which brings up my available wireless networks and I choose my network, put the password in, and I'm good to go. How do I connect to my wireless network in Plasma 5? There is nothing in the panel that allows me to bring up my wireless network and connect to it.

clabruno wrote:This may be a stupid question but I just downloaded the KDE plasma 5 desktop and when I log in to the desktop I cannot connect to the internet because I can't find where the network manager is. Usually when I log into the regular KDE desktop I just click on the icon in the panel which brings up my available wireless networks and I choose my network, put the password in, and I'm good to go. How do I connect to my wireless network in Plasma 5? There is nothing in the panel that allows me to bring up my wireless network and connect to it.

You should probably install plasma-nm5 or whatever the package is called in your distribution.

Or did you install from source? (because you said you "downloaded" the KDE plasma desktop)
Well, the same applies then, build and install plasma-nm as well.

If it is installed, have a look in the system tray settings to enable it. (right-click on the up-arrow that shows hidden icons, choose "System Tray Settings", and click on "Entries", much like you would do in KDE4)

I also have the same issue and my distro is Linux Mint 17 KDE, I had to connect to WiFi via the terminal, I also checked system tray settings nothing there that has to do with network management.

profemzy wrote:I also have the same issue and my distro is Linux Mint 17 KDE, I had to connect to WiFi via the terminal, I also checked system tray settings nothing there that has to do with network management.

I have no problem here on openSUSE. I have a networkmanagement icon in the system tray and it works fine.
But again, you have to install plasma-nm (the KF5 version).

I don't know Mint but I suppose you installed Plasma 5 like that?
http://ubuntuportal.com/2014/09/kde-pla ... 7-kde.html
I.e. you use the packages from that Neon PPA?
The package is called "project-neon5-plasma-nm" there.

If it is installed, maybe try to run "kbuildsycoca5" to re-create the cache of installed plasmoids (among other things).

Thanks Wolfi323. I was able to get it to work after installing project-neon5-plasma-nm. They probably should add that to the instructions on that website since I was literally pulling my hair out trying to figure this out. Topic has been marked as solved.

Hi
I also had this problem. But I connected my smartphone's hotspot using yast.
I opened yast > network settings .
Then my wlan controller wasn't active.
I opened global option > selected wicked service
then i clicked edit button on my realtekwlan controller
i clicked next and selected operating mode > Managed
then i scanned for the network while keeping phone's hotspot on
the name of hotspot was listed there and I selected it.
i selected authentication mode same as my phone and typed the same password of my phone's hotspot .I clicked next and internet was connected

prafuldevvr wrote:I also had this problem.

Well, as I wrote already, you need to install plasma-nm5 (that's how it is called in openSUSE).

If you use NetworkManager, the settings in YaST don't matter, as well as whether your WLAN controller is listed as active or inactive there.
You need to use Plasma5's NetworkManager applet in the system tray to configure the network.

OTOH, if you use Wicked, the NetworkManager applet won't work, that's normal.
You need to switch to NetworkManager in YaST->Network Devices->Network Settings->Global Options to use the KDE applet.

sorry my post wasnt complete there
After connecting the internet in that manner i downloaded plasma5-nm and related packages from yast and changed wicked mode to the networkmanager .So the problem thus solved

prafuldevvr wrote:sorry my post wasnt complete there
After connecting the internet in that manner i downloaded plasma5-nm and related packages from yast and changed wicked mode to the networkmanager .So the problem thus solved

Ah, ok.

Just one note: if you don't have plasma-nm5 installed (and need to establish a network connection to install it), you can also use other NetworkManager frontends.
Either "nm-applet" (package NetworkManager-gnome in openSUSE) or the text mode interface "nmtui" (part of the main NetworkManager package in openSUSE) should be installed anyway.
If you still have the KDE4 applet installed, you could also "run" this with:

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plasma-windowed org.kde.networkmanagement

In the case of openSUSE, temporarily switching to Wicked and configuring the wireless connection in YaST is an option too of course.