On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:57:19 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > b. use wicd instead, which is decidedly not a piece of shit > > I had a look at that, but it doesn't do 2 things that I use > NetworkManager for: > 1. mobile broadband (essential for on the road)
True, it's been on todo for a while. It's no longer an issue for me now as I use a Mi-Fi 3G modem, which connects to the computer via WiFi instead of having a dongle sticking out the side waiting to be knocked off. > 2. NetworkManager sends dbus messages that evolution uses to toggle > its online / offline state. I was sick of forever waiting for > evolution to time out because I'd gone offline. (Granted, you > may think evolution is another POS, but it does certain things > that no other mail client can do, but that's another story) Wicd can run any command or script you want before and after going on and offline. -- Neil Bothwick -Come, come, why they couldn't hit an elephant from this dist-
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