Re: Building from SVN- "Perhaps you need to adjust your ACLOCAL_FLAGS?"

2007-03-19 Thread Patrick Bogen
On 3/19/07, Steev Klimaszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Patrick Bogen wrote: > > > > What am I missing? > > > The gnome-common package > norsethite:~# dpkg-query -s gnome-common | grep Status Status: install ok installed -- - Patrick Bogen ___ Net

Building from SVN- "Perhaps you need to adjust your ACLOCAL_FLAGS?"

2007-03-19 Thread Patrick Bogen
I'm trying to build from svn on Debian. I've installed the gnome-common package, but I still get the error: Checking for required M4 macros... gnome-common.m4 not found gnome-compiler-flags.m4 not found libtool.m4 not found glib-gettext.m4 not found intltool.m4 not found pkg.m4 not fo

Another wart to fix

2007-03-19 Thread David Griffith
While we're on warts in Network Manager, here's mine. It would be nice if one could mark certain access points as "preferred" and others as "avoid". For example, I would rather connect to my secured access point rather than someone else's unsecured one. -- David Griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED] A: B

Re: Scannning

2007-03-19 Thread yelo_3
>> 1) why can't nm do the scan in the time between the user clicks and the menu >> is popped? > >Because scans take a non-trival amount of time on many cards. You >simply cannot block the menu being popped down for 3 or 5 seconds while >a scan is taking place. If you can't update the list whil

Re: Scannning

2007-03-19 Thread Dan Williams
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 15:58 +, yelo_3 wrote: > > There are essentially none, except that the 'iwlist scan' obviously > > starts a scan right away, and blocks waiting on the scan results, while > > NetworkManager schedules scans at various points in time because it's > > not a command-line tool

Re: Scannning

2007-03-19 Thread yelo_3
> There are essentially none, except that the 'iwlist scan' obviously > starts a scan right away, and blocks waiting on the scan results, while > NetworkManager schedules scans at various points in time because it's > not a command-line tool that you explicitly invoke from a terminal. But > the in

Re: Scannning

2007-03-19 Thread Dan Williams
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 14:59 +, yelo_3 wrote: > > Right, that's a bug. The scan shouldn't get rescheduled a further 20 > > seconds every time the menu is dropped down, it should let the 20s > > timeout run down first. > > Dan > > In my case the scan is not done, even If I wait for the 20 secon

Re: Scannning

2007-03-19 Thread yelo_3
> Right, that's a bug. The scan shouldn't get rescheduled a further 20 > seconds every time the menu is dropped down, it should let the 20s > timeout run down first. > Dan In my case the scan is not done, even If I wait for the 20 seconds timeout. Can someone tell me the differences between how

Re: Scannning

2007-03-19 Thread Dan Williams
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 10:27 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Tambet Ingo wrote: > > [...] > > There are multiple problems when trying to "fix" this behavior: > > > > * Scanning disables all other operations on card so network doesn't work at > > that time. That's the reason the

Re: Is SSID broadcast mandatory for NM to authenticate?

2007-03-19 Thread Dan Williams
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 14:30 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have found that I can only authenticate with my wireless router if I > enable SSID broadcast on the router. I would prefer not to. Is there > something I can tweak in NM instead? While I would note that SSID hiding is no security at a

Re: Scannning

2007-03-19 Thread Dan Williams
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 14:48 +0200, Tambet Ingo wrote: > Here's how scanning is scheduled: > > When the nm-applet's devices menu is expanded, NetworkManager > schedules a scan to start in 20 seconds. If the menu is deactivated > and activated again within that 20 seconds, NM re-schedules the scan >

Re: Scannning

2007-03-19 Thread Dan Williams
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 00:12 +, yelo_3 wrote: > It is simpler: Sorry I was not clear. I was not connected, and I was moving > around to search for the correct AP (there is only one for students) > > In this case and in the case that wireless was off, scanning is not fast > enough Ok, good.

Re: Scannning

2007-03-19 Thread yelo_3
> Here's how scanning is scheduled: > When the nm-applet's devices menu is expanded, NetworkManager schedules a > scan to start in 20 seconds. If the menu is deactivated and activated again > within that 20 seconds, NM re-schedules the scan after another 20 seconds. I've tried to do so: boot

Is SSID broadcast mandatory for NM to authenticate?

2007-03-19 Thread itchy
I have found that I can only authenticate with my wireless router if I enable SSID broadcast on the router. I would prefer not to. Is there something I can tweak in NM instead? ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://ma

Re: Scannning

2007-03-19 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Tambet Ingo wrote: > [...] > There are multiple problems when trying to "fix" this behavior: > > * Scanning disables all other operations on card so network doesn't work at > that time. That's the reason there is a timeout, that's the reason there > can't be a "scan now" button

Re: NM and ipw3945 once again

2007-03-19 Thread Andrea Dell'Amico
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 16:14 +0200, Sertaç Ö. Yıldız wrote: > * [13.Mar.07 10:39 -0400] Dan Williams: > > Well, if the driver is sending a disassociation event, then clearly the > > driver cannot proceed with the options it's been given. In the plain > > wpa_supplicant case that was noted above, ev

Re: Scannning

2007-03-19 Thread Tambet Ingo
Here's how scanning is scheduled: When the nm-applet's devices menu is expanded, NetworkManager schedules a scan to start in 20 seconds. If the menu is deactivated and activated again within that 20 seconds, NM re-schedules the scan after another 20 seconds. So if you keep clicking on applet with

Re: Scannning

2007-03-19 Thread yelo_3
> Does it cost much just to set a menu (as in all Windows) that reset the > list of network available and launch a scan immediately ? The problem is different: Dan was saying that the scan is performed every time you click on the applet, although I don't really know if it is done! (at least i