On 4/30/07, Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 20:02 +0300, Ohad Lutzky wrote: > > On 4/30/07, Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 09:56 +0300, Ohad Lutzky wrote: > > > > On 4/29/07, Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 11:32 +0300, Ohad Lutzky wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm interested in writing a program which interfaces with > > > > > > networkmanager in order to manipulate wireless networks. The program > > > > > > is part of an academic project, which cannot be GPLd (despite my > > > > > > wanting to), therefore I cannot use libiw directly. I would like to > > > > > > know whether or not the DBus API allows me to > > > > > > > > > > > > - Create Ad-hoc networks (that is, set the ESSID, and set the mode > > > > > > to Ad-hoc) > > > > > > > > > > No, because wpa_supplicant doesn't set the channel for adhoc networks > > > > > (it has no channel/freq command) and some drivers need this to happen. > > > > > But it should work with certain drivers that use a default adhoc > > > > > channel. > > > > > > > > In that case, how (shortly, before I delve into the source code) does > > > > the "Create New Wireless Network" option of nm-applet work? One would > > > > require root privileges to do this, and as nm-applet runs > > > > unprivileged, I figured it would use the NM daemon for it. > > > > > > Yes, it works unprivileged. Many drivers will use a default adhoc > > > channel, but the ipw2100/ipw2200 at least won't work without a channel > > > explicitly being set, which requires the wpa_supplicant changes. > > > > So how does this happen, when the GUI option is selected? > > It currently does not, and is an open bug that requires changes in > wpa_supplicant.
This is a problem for me then... as I'm doing this as part of an academic project, I want this fixed - I certainly want to help fix it myself, I'm a bit familiar with wpa_supplicant. Where is the open bug for this? I could not find it in bugzilla. -- Protect your digital freedom and privacy, eliminate DRM, learn more at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm Ohad Lutzky _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
