M. Willis Monroe wrote: > First off let me thank you guys for your work. I point to NM often when > showing linux off. > > I was just wondering about the feasability of something: > > So I always have NM running with the applet on my laptop because I > primarily connect to wireless networks. Usually because I'm home and > using my own wireless network. But on occasion I like to try and find > other networks with kismet and the like. Now NetworkManager and those > programs don't play to well together (which makes sense). But I was > wondering if there was a way of coding in a dbus handler that would just > sleep NM and then wake it back up. i.e. If Kismet starts it sends out a > dbus call saying it's going to manage the wireless card from now on and > that other programs shouldn't depend on using it. Then once it's done > NM can once again manage it. > > I only say this because it's somewhat of a pain killing NM both the > daemon and the applet, then restarting dbus (which kills many other > programs) and NM and the applet when you're done. > > Now perhaps I have some critical piece all wrong and it's not hard to > do... or perhaps this is beyond the domain of NetworkManager (or maybe > even implemented), either way thanks for listening. > > This is in Ubuntu Dapper, with an ipw2200 card. > > -Willis > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
You could simply right click on the icon in the panel, and uncheck Enable Wireless... HTH _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
