On Tue, 2012-05-01 at 20:50 +0530, Ajay Garg wrote: > Thanks Paul. > > I will give it a try myself. > > Just one last question :: > I suppose that 'echo 0 > "/sys/class/net/eth0/lbs_mesh"' is a hack > that is olpc-customised. So, I will be really grateful if you could > point me to some docs (a wiki page may be), that provide information > as to how this hack affects, and is affected. > >
Ajay: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Mesh_Network_Details http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Wireless_Driver_README Are installing the dextrose-platform rpm? http://download.sugarlabs.org/dextrose/testing/dx3/rpms/source/dextrose-platform-2-2.fc14.src.rpm Jerry > Thanks for your help. > > Regards, > Ajay > > On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Paul Fox <p...@laptop.org> wrote: > ajay wrote: > > Thanks Paul. > > > > On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Paul Fox <p...@laptop.org> > wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > Does that mean, that banning eth0-mac-address prevent the > loading of > > wifi-hardware-device as well (in obvious addition to > mesh) ? > > This seems very pricky. > > > i don't know. i'm unfamiliar with NM config. it doesn't > sound too > hard to try. > > paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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? > > > > > > > Alright. > > But my first doubt (same mac address for mesh-hardware and > wifi-hardware) > > has put me in topspin :~ > > > > > > > > Regards, > > Ajay > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > =--------------------- > paul fox, p...@laptop.org > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
