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On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 09:37 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:57:19 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: |
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> > > b. use wicd instead, which is decidedly not a piece of shit |
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> > I had a look at that, but it doesn't do 2 things that I use |
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> > NetworkManager for: |
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> > 1. mobile broadband (essential for on the road) |
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> True, it's been on todo for a while. It's no longer an issue for me now |
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> as I use a Mi-Fi 3G modem, which connects to the computer via WiFi |
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> instead of having a dongle sticking out the side waiting to be knocked |
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> off. |
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And how do you power it on the road? Much more hungry to have 2x wifi |
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going than one usb 3G modem (imho) and many netbooks are integrating |
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them so you won't have the dongle sticking out any more. |
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> > 2. NetworkManager sends dbus messages that evolution uses to toggle |
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> > its online / offline state. I was sick of forever waiting for |
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> > evolution to time out because I'd gone offline. (Granted, you |
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> > may think evolution is another POS, but it does certain things |
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> > that no other mail client can do, but that's another story) |
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> Wicd can run any command or script you want before and after going on and |
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> offline. |
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you're suggestions on exactly what script to run to tell the current evo |
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process to go offline immediately is welcome :) I couldn't figure it |
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out, but no doubt theres some way I could emulate the dbus message from |
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NetworkManager... |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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