On Thursday, September 16, 2010 11:28:29 Jirka Klimes wrote: > There were many problems due to using a single knob for two different > things: i.e. sleep/wake used both for suspend/resume and user > enable/disable stuff. > > That's why now the states are separated and sleep/wake is dedicated just > for suspend cases and Enable is meant for user enablement/disablement > usage. Moreover, Sleep is now protected via PolicyKit and is available > just for root by default. > See commit: > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=65818d > 517e386c03daca08db4be7b53aff94359a > > That means that without the patches "Enable networking" checkbox in the > plasmoid won't work for NM after 30.5.2010. Of course, there is a > workaround to enable the sleep for normal users: > Set allow_active to yes for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.sleep-wake > action in > /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.policy However, > that would go against the intended functionality and applying patches is > much better to keep track of upstream NM, IMO. > > > Please change this slot to use the parameter enabled instead of > > doing a solid call, the parameter is there for that reason:
> Updated patch included in the kde #238325, thanks. Thanks (also for taking the time to explaining to the ignorant me). The patch looks good, you can commit it. (If you don't have an SVN account yourself, either Rex or I can do it, just let me know. The patch is indeed correct, as you state, the checkbox in the plasmoid should control the user enable / disable. Cheers, -- sebas http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org | GPG Key ID: 9119 0EF9 _______________________________________________ kde-networkmanager mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-networkmanager
