On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 14:34 +0200, Rasmus Toftdahl Olesen wrote: > > > > apt-cache search laptop|sort > > > > dpkg -p divine > > dpkg -p ifplugd > > dpkg -p intuitively > > dpkg -p laptop-net > > dpkg -p laptop-netconf > > dpkg -p whereami > Ok, so i've reinvented the wheel :-) > > Before i started laptop-location i was hoping to find something that > could be tied to dbus in some way. If it would send dbus messages it > should be possible to have other programs react to the dbus message. > > For example, when i connect to an unknown network, a dialog box pops up > and i get to define it using a nice graphical user interface. > > But i'm still waiting to see what Red Hat manages to come up with in > their network-manager tool.
Yes, gnome-network-manager looks to be the right sort of architecture to
handle this properly. I'm waiting for it to arrive in Debian as yet.
Once it's in Debian I expect it will be a good starting point for
developing something smarter and more automated - the one I've tried
(admittedly some time ago) only seemed to allow for _interactive_ choice
of networks, which sucks...
I'm sure it could be enhanced fairly easily to allow some training to
automatically select networks in a preferred order (wired before
wireless, etc). I suspect the Gnome team would not support complex
scripting though, so allowing for script execution related to selected
network will probably require forking.
Cheers,
Andrew.
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