On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 10:43 -0500, Matthew Miller wrote: > I want to make sure I'm not missing something before I file an RFE. I'd like > to be able to enable/disable wireless (or wired, for that matter) networking > from scripts. The nm-tool program seems like the logical place for this > functionality, but it doesn't appear to actually have it at this point. All the functionality is currently available with dbus-send. However, since that's the case, it would be nice to have a CLI tool that interfaces in a nicer manner than dbus-send. I'd like to have something like that too, but haven't had time to look into it. It would be a great opportunity for somebody to jump in. > Specifically, my laptop generates a custom Sony ACPI button event when the > wireless antenna is switched on or off -- I'd like to automatically enable > or disable wireless networking correspondingly. Is there an easy way to do > this that I'm just not seeing? Thanks. Jeremy has an excellent answer to this question :) There's already an rfkill framework in the kernel, your upstream Sony ACPI kernel module needs to hook into that. In the short term, if you _really_ don't want to make the world a better place by pressuring upstream Sony ACPI module authors to do the right thing, look at dbus-send, use the D-Bus property interface on the base NetworkManager object, and set the WirelessEnabled property to true/false depending on what the custom events say. By doing this and not making upstream better, you agree to sacrifice 3 small, adorable, mewing kittens each time you flip the rfkill switch. > (Also, is there a way to supress the pop-up messages about changes in > connections status? I find them more obtrusive and distracting than > helpful.) We could add an option to the applet to disable them, yes. Dan -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
