Thanks Paul. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Paul Fox <[email protected]> wrote:
> ajay wrote: > > Any ideas please, regarding the two latest queries :) ? > > > > Regards, > > Ajay > > > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Ajay Garg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Thanks Martin and Jon for the replies. > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Jon Nettleton < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > >> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Martin Abente > > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > Are you guys still using this? > > >> > > > >> > > > http://git.sugarlabs.org/dextrose-platform/mainline/blobs/master/etc/powerd/post > > resume.d/disable_mesh.sh > > >> > > > >> > If so, you should remove it IF there is no way to guarantee that it > > >> will run > > >> > before NM picks up the device. At least it will avoid the crash... > > >> > > > >> > I would ask in the NM community if there is a better way to > disable a > > >> > particular device, like banning a device(?). > > >> > > >> Edit /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf > > >> > > >> Add a line to the [main] section like > > >> > > >> no-auto-default=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (obviously replacing the x's with the > > >> mac-address of your mesh device.) > > >> > > > > > > > > > This should be a lot cleaner solution. > > > However, two queries :: > > > > > > > > > a) > > > Doing "ifconfig" on the XO-1, only shows information for "eth0" and > "lo" > > > (no mesh device listed). > > > So, how can the mac address for the mesh device be found? > > it's the same as that for eth0. > Does that mean, that banning eth0-mac-address prevent the loading of wifi-hardware-device as well (in obvious addition to mesh) ? This seems very pricky. > > > > b) > > > Are mac address for XO-1s, EXACTLY same, for every XO-1 on this > planet? > > of course not. how would they tell one another apart? > Alright. But my first doubt (same mac address for mesh-hardware and wifi-hardware) has put me in topspin :~ Regards, Ajay > > paul > > > > > > > > > > Looking forward to a reply. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks and Regards, > > > Ajay > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > >> This does not stop NM from managing your device, but does stop it > from > > >> auto-connecting the device. You would still be able to go into NM > and > > >> manually enable the mesh network. If you want NM to completely > leave > > >> the device alone you can go one more step. > > >> > > >> Also in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf > > >> > > >> change the plugins line to > > >> > > >> plugins=ifcfg-rh,keyfile > > >> > > >> Then add a section that looks like this. > > >> > > >> [keyfile] > > >> unmanaged-devices=mac:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (Where X's are the mac > address > > >> of the device you want to ignore) > > >> > > >> > > >> Hope that helps, let me know if you have further questions. > > >> > > >> -Jon > > >> > > > > > > > > part 2 text/plain 129 > > _______________________________________________ > > Devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > =--------------------- > paul fox, [email protected] >
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