On Wednesday, 29 October 2008 at 02:01, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Joshua Baker-LePain (jlb17@xxxxxxxx) said:
> >> > NetworkManager is not an option and has no place on my machines.
> >>
> >> Right-click -> "Edit connections", pick your preferred setting, click
> >> on 'System setting'.
> >
> > Right-click on what? I run fvwm. How are non-DE users supposed to
> > interact with NM?
>
> He was asking how to make NM work after logging out, which does sort
> of presume he's already using it. If you are seriously asking about how
> to configure NM when you aren't actually using it, well...
>
> >> (Note: Not valid for WPA, etc. That doesn't work outside of NM anyway...)
> >
> > Yes, yes it does. And it should.
>
> Not in the context of init.d/network, which is what I meant. (Well, not
> outside of gross hacks.)
Yes, it works in that context. /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-wireless
needs a small patch which I posted in bugzilla and which has been ignored
for years. The patch isn't actually mine, it was posted on one of fedora lists.
I can't find that bugzilla report right now so I'm attaching the patch here
instead.
Regards,
R.
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--- ifup-wireless.orig 2005-09-30 20:51:15.000000000 +0200
+++ ifup-wireless 2006-04-07 16:09:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -30,6 +30,35 @@
# Only meant to be called from ifup.
+if wpa_cli -i $DEVICE status >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ eval $(wpa_cli -i${DEVICE} status | grep wpa_state 2>/dev/null)
+ if [ "$wpa_state" != "COMPLETED" ]; then
+ /sbin/ip link set $DEVICE down
+ /sbin/ip link set $DEVICE up
+ wpa_cli scan >/dev/null 2>&1
+ fi
+ old_state=""
+ cnt=0
+ while true; do
+ eval $(wpa_cli -i${DEVICE} status | grep 'wpa_state|ssid' 2>/dev/null)
+ if [ "$wpa_state" = "COMPLETED" ]; then
+ echo $"Connected to $ssid"
+ break
+ fi
+ if [ "$old_state" != "$wpa_state" ]; then
+ echo -n "$wpa_state "
+ old_state=$wpa_state
+ fi
+
+ sleep 1
+ cnt=$[$cnt + 1]
+ if [ $cnt -gt 90 ]; then
+ echo -n $"Timeout "
+ exit 10
+ fi
+ done
+else
+
# Mode need to be first : some settings apply only in a specific mode !
if [ -n "$MODE" ] ; then
iwconfig $DEVICE mode $MODE
@@ -97,3 +126,5 @@
# use any essid
iwconfig $DEVICE essid any >/dev/null 2>&1
fi
+
+fi
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