On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 14:18 -0500, Mikus Grinbergs wrote: > >> To completely silence the radio: > >> #!/bin/bash > >> rmmod usb8xxx > >> mv /lib/firmaware/usb8883.bin /lib/firmaware/usb8883.bin.quiet > > > For a more user-friendly solution, (short of a hardware rfkill switch) > > put a toggle somewhere in the control panel for "Don't turn the radio on > > automatically" that is _UN_checked by default, and a wireless > > enabled/disabled button there too. ... > > Then ensure that NetworkManager is clued into the preference value > > above, and that NM sets it's initial wireless-enabled state coherently > > with the preference value above as well. > > > > Were these things done, by default the behavior would be the same as it > > is now, but those people who wish insane amounts of control over the TX > > power state can have their fluffy white cake and eat it too. > > I'm one of those who wishes for control. The G1G1 offering has set > up a user population different from the education design of the OLPC > project. I live in the boonies, have no wireless, and there are no > other radios within range. My connection is by wired ethernet. > > Took me a while to find out that NetworkManager would set up my > wired connection, if I provided a DHCP server. However, if I happen > to unplug my ethernet cable for a while, NetworkManager reverts eth0 > back to radio (and I need to reboot to reconnect as wired). > > > What I wish for is a user toggle that when I'm at home will inhibit > NetworkManager from supplanting the wired connection. (But I do > want to restore radio function when I take my XO to a cafe.)
NetworkManager has functionality to enable/disable the wireless, it's just not exposed from the user interface yet. I believe Simon has been looking into this. In the mean-time, you can disable wireless by running: dbus-send --system \ --dest=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager \ /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager \ org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.setWirelessEnabled boolean:false and NetworkManager won't try to use either of the 802.11bg or the mesh interfaces until the next reboot. Dan _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel