ajay wrote: > Any ideas please, regarding the two latest queries :) ? > > Regards, > Ajay > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Ajay Garg <a...@activitycentral.com> wrote: > > > Thanks Martin and Jon for the replies. > > > > On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Jon Nettleton > > <jon.nettle...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Martin Abente > >> <martin.abente.lah...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Are you guys still using this? > >> > > >> > http://git.sugarlabs.org/dextrose-platform/mainline/blobs/master/etc/powerd/post > resume.d/disable_mesh.sh > >> > > >> > If so, you should remove it IF there is no way to guarantee that it > >> will run > >> > before NM picks up the device. At least it will avoid the crash... > >> > > >> > I would ask in the NM community if there is a better way to disable a > >> > particular device, like banning a device(?). > >> > >> Edit /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf > >> > >> Add a line to the [main] section like > >> > >> no-auto-default=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (obviously replacing the x's with the > >> mac-address of your mesh device.) > >> > > > > > > This should be a lot cleaner solution. > > However, two queries :: > > > > > > a) > > Doing "ifconfig" on the XO-1, only shows information for "eth0" and "lo" > > (no mesh device listed). > > So, how can the mac address for the mesh device be found?
it's the same as that for eth0. > > b) > > Are mac address for XO-1s, EXACTLY same, for every XO-1 on this planet? of course not. how would they tell one another apart? paul > > > > > > Looking forward to a reply. > > > > > > > > Thanks and Regards, > > Ajay > > > > > > > >> > >> This does not stop NM from managing your device, but does stop it from > >> auto-connecting the device. You would still be able to go into NM and > >> manually enable the mesh network. If you want NM to completely leave > >> the device alone you can go one more step. > >> > >> Also in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf > >> > >> change the plugins line to > >> > >> plugins=ifcfg-rh,keyfile > >> > >> Then add a section that looks like this. > >> > >> [keyfile] > >> unmanaged-devices=mac:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (Where X's are the mac address > >> of the device you want to ignore) > >> > >> > >> Hope that helps, let me know if you have further questions. > >> > >> -Jon > >> > > > > > part 2 text/plain 129 > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel =--------------------- paul fox, p...@laptop.org _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel