I'm using Arch Linux with KDE 4.12 and networkmanager plasmoid (kdeplasma-applets-plasma-nm). There's something confused me that when system startup, there will be a plain knotify notification rather than plasma-style tells me that network has been connected, and the small window won't disappear until I click on it.

It seems that networkmanager send notification before plasma is ready, how can I make it integrated into plasma or make it invisible?

Have you enabled the Notifications item in your System Tray? Also, is the Notifications item (applet) in your System Tray configured to display "Application notifications"?

I too see this, iirc it shows during the KDE splash screen - correct ?

Also it needs to be clicked to disappear (again iirc) - correct ?

Wonder if this is designed behavior or a bug, could not find a bug report on bugs.kde.org, as it's specific to the network plasmoid it might belong in Internet and Network forum where the dev's might monitor

If it displays during the splash screen at KDE startup, then this is an issue which will be difficult to resolve - as Network Management is loaded before Plasma begins to start.

Therefore when Network Management sends the notification it cannot be routed to Plasma (as it hasn't started / hasn't loaded sufficiently) resulting in it being displayed using the older "KDE 3" style.

bcooksley: Yes, I did enable the Notifications in system tray and when I copy or do something else after system is ready, there will be a plasma-style notification. I don't know if it is a bug or just my configuration is wrong --- can I specify order for starts of those plasma-moids?

google01103: I think you are right. I'll try to report it.

Only the graphical part of the Network Management infrastructure is hosted in Plasma - the other part is hosted by "kded4" which starts very early on in the KDE startup procedure, long before Plasma. This issue is unfortunately almost impossible to solve - as the daemon part of Network Management will always start connecting to networks before Plasma is ready to handle notifications.

You could setup the network connection as "System connection". Then it would be established even before anything of KDE is started and that popup should not be shown then.

wolfi323 wrote:You could setup the network connection as "System connection". Then it would be established even before anything of KDE is started and that popup should not be shown then.

where? don't see that option in plasma-nm, if you mean mode there's only infrastructure, ad-hoc and access point and I have infrastructure selected

google01103 wrote:

wolfi323 wrote:You could setup the network connection as "System connection". Then it would be established even before anything of KDE is started and that popup should not be shown then.

where? don't see that option in plasma-nm, if you mean mode there's only infrastructure, ad-hoc and access point and I have infrastructure selected

Well, it is there in the older networkmanagement plasmoid (and in its KCM).

With plasma-nm it may be called something like "Share with other users" or similar.

maybe it's "all users may connect to this network" but checking it does not appear to make the setting persistent for wireless networks (ie every time I re-open the settings it is no longer checked but it is persistent for wired networks - maybe need to be set as root?)

also, I no longer have a kcm module (might be a plasma-nm thing)

google01103 wrote:maybe it's "all users may connect to this network" but checking it does not appear to make the setting persistent for wireless networks (ie every time I re-open the settings it is no longer checked but it is persistent for wired networks - maybe need to be set as root?)

With the older plasmoid you get asked for the root password (with a KAuth dialog).
The connection is then setup by NetworkManager during boot already, and is also available in text mode when no user logs into a graphical session.

also, I no longer have a kcm module (might be a plasma-nm thing)

Yes, I know. The older plasmoid did include a KCM though.

I will install plasma-nm later and have a look...

wolfi323 wrote:I will install plasma-nm later and have a look...

It works with plasma-nm as well, even for my wireless connection. You should get asked for the root password if you change that setting.

But the settings dialog seems to be a bit buggy (at least the version shipped with openSUSE 13.1). You may have to change the setting more than once, it may not work each time.
Sometimes you cannot even press on "OK" after changing a setting...