Re: nm-inotify-helper doesn't work in Lenovo T400

2010-04-22 Thread Mu Qiao
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Dan Williams wrote: > On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 11:23 +0800, Mu Qiao wrote: >> Hi all, >> I'm using nm-inotify-helper to monitor hostname file in my plugin. The >> code is nearly the same as ifupdown. >> However, I find nothing changed after I modified the hostname >>

Re: keyfile plugin initialization and wireless at boot

2010-04-22 Thread Dan Williams
On Tue, 2010-04-20 at 17:48 +0200, Jirka Klimes wrote: > I've tried that as well and can confirm a problem. > > I rebooted to Ubuntu and added this line to /etc/network/interfaces > iface eth0 inet dhcp > That triggers the problem. > > I looked into it a bit to find the cause. This is what is goi

Re: Documentation

2010-04-22 Thread Bluesky_greenleaf
Thanks, I don't use the python now. Is there function of activating the connection to Wifi network if I have already setted the SSID., such as nm_device_wifi_get_capabilities (device); I have found nm_client_activate_connection

Re: AD-Hoc network specify channel

2010-04-22 Thread Dan Williams
On Sat, 2010-04-17 at 16:02 +0200, Simon Schampijer wrote: > On 04/14/2010 10:42 PM, Dan Williams wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 21:36 +0200, Simon Schampijer wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am trying to create an Ad-Hoc Network with a specific channel. From > >> the spec [1] I know that I have to se

Re: nm-inotify-helper doesn't work in Lenovo T400

2010-04-22 Thread Dan Williams
On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 11:23 +0800, Mu Qiao wrote: > Hi all, > I'm using nm-inotify-helper to monitor hostname file in my plugin. The > code is nearly the same as ifupdown. > However, I find nothing changed after I modified the hostname > configuration file both in Ubuntu(ifupdown) and Gentoo(my plu

Re: force broadband connection to H3G network

2010-04-22 Thread Dan Williams
On Tue, 2010-04-20 at 17:32 +0200, Nicolo' Chieffo wrote: > Thanks for the links Gianluca, it was very useful! > > Is there any plan to improve the GUI with a pre-filled list? Sort of; I assume you're looking for a "Scan" function that will show what providers are around, and then let you select

Re: Re: domainname in serviceproviders.xml

2010-04-22 Thread van Schelve
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:52:07 +0200, van Schelve wrote: > On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:40:21 -0700, Dan Williams wrote: >> On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 00:27 +0200, Hans-Gerd van Schelve wrote: >>> >>> Am 06.04.2010 um 22:16 schrieb Dan Williams : >>> >>> > On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 20:43 +0200, Hans-Gerd van Sc

Re: howto ignore rfkill switch

2010-04-22 Thread Dan Williams
On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 11:10 -0700, Dana Goyette wrote: > On 04/22/2010 08:44 AM, Dan Williams wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 18:49 -0600, Jim Cromie wrote: > > > > Yes, for a number of reasons. First, we can't usually figure out which > > killswitch is for which wifi device. It's often just not

Re: howto ignore rfkill switch

2010-04-22 Thread Dana Goyette
On 04/22/2010 08:44 AM, Dan Williams wrote: On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 18:49 -0600, Jim Cromie wrote: Yes, for a number of reasons. First, we can't usually figure out which killswitch is for which wifi device. It's often just not possible, plus "platform" killswitches provided by your laptop BIOS a

Re: Suggestion for Shared Connection: Reserve IPs for MAC Addresses

2010-04-22 Thread Kay Wrobel
Understood, and it would be a separate install and configuration from NetworkManager. I was suggesting to make this feature available in the NetworkManager GUI in a simplified manner, sort of like the "Routes" button under the IPv4 tab that allows you some more complex settings for routing. Also,

Re: Suggestion for Shared Connection: Reserve IPs for MAC Addresses

2010-04-22 Thread José Queiroz
2010/4/22 Kay Wrobel > > * Reserve IP addresses for specific MAC addresses > * Do not hand out addresses from the defined range other than for > reserved MAC addresses. > These functions are handled, now, by the DHCP server... ___ networkmanager-list m

Re: Add vpn connections disabled

2010-04-22 Thread Dan Williams
On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 15:12 +0200, Damian Nadales Agut wrote: > I've seen a lot of posts of users complaining about this. In most of the > cases the problem was that the appropriate plug-ins weren't installed. > But I have installed the pptp, cisco, and openvpn plugins, I've > restarted dbus and th

Re: howto ignore rfkill switch

2010-04-22 Thread Dan Williams
On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 18:49 -0600, Jim Cromie wrote: > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Vladimir Botka wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:09:19 -0600 > > Jim Cromie wrote: > > > >> Im willing to disable the rfkill code thats shutting things down, > >> but would appreciate advice on how to do so, o

Suggestion for Shared Connection: Reserve IPs for MAC Addresses

2010-04-22 Thread Kay Wrobel
Hi all, I saw a discussion initiated by Andy Ringsmuth in Sep. 2009 regarding changing the "DHCP range in Network Manager" (http://www.mail-archive.com/networkmanager-list@gnome.org/msg13788.html). In addition to what Andy suggested, I'd like add another feature that goes even further than just co

Re: Is udev necessary for NM plug-in?

2010-04-22 Thread Dan Williams
On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 15:04 +0800, Mu Qiao wrote: > I've made a mistake that I didn't make autoconnect=TRUE for the > connection. This is why the system configuration was not correctly > setup:P. > As a result, I can setup connection totally without udev. So what we > can benefit from udev? Why doe

Re: Add vpn connections disabled

2010-04-22 Thread José Queiroz
Hi Damian, It will be a great help if you say which version of NM you're using, which distribution, and what internet connection you have. 2010/4/22 Damian Nadales Agut > I've seen a lot of posts of users complaining about this. In most of the > cases the problem was that the appropriate plug-i

Add vpn connections disabled

2010-04-22 Thread Damian Nadales Agut
I've seen a lot of posts of users complaining about this. In most of the cases the problem was that the appropriate plug-ins weren't installed. But I have installed the pptp, cisco, and openvpn plugins, I've restarted dbus and the network manager, but the add button is disabled. I just want to con

Re: Web login

2010-04-22 Thread Tobias Wolf
Dan Williams redhat.com> writes: > > I've long wondered what Windows Vista and later do for this, since they > have some sort of functionality to detect whether you're connected to > the internet or not. Maybe we could take a similar approach? Windows > certainly doesn't make you enter the addr

Re: howto ignore rfkill switch

2010-04-22 Thread Vladimir Botka
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:49:23 -0600 Jim Cromie wrote: > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Vladimir Botka > wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:09:19 -0600 > > Jim Cromie wrote: > > > >> Im willing to disable the rfkill code thats shutting things down, > >> but would appreciate advice on how to do s

Re: Is udev necessary for NM plug-in?

2010-04-22 Thread Mu Qiao
I've made a mistake that I didn't make autoconnect=TRUE for the connection. This is why the system configuration was not correctly setup:P. As a result, I can setup connection totally without udev. So what we can benefit from udev? Why does ifupdown use it? On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Mu Qia