On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 16:55 +0100, Fanen Ahua wrote: > I mean that disabling network-manager via the applet's context menu > powers off the wireless device, just like pressing the kill switch. The > wireless device's LED goes off.
That's exactly what unchecking "Enable wireless" is supposed to do, disable your wireless device to save power and stop transmitting. I don't think that menu item is what you're looking for. Dan > > Fanen Ahua > Random quote: Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate. -- Thomas > Jones > > > > > On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 11:06 -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 16:16 +0100, Fanen Ahua wrote: > > > Just a small puzzle I'm having a hard time resolving sanely. It has to > > > do with wireless, and the new network-manager. Powering off the > > > wireless device when you disable network-manager makes it rather > > > impossible to use "network-admin" with your wireless device, at least > > > on my Ubuntu Hardy system. > > > > What do you mean by "powering off" the wireless device? Do you mean > > removing the IP addresses and routes assigned to the device when NM > > stops, or something else? > > > > Dan > > > > > Does anyone know how this could be worked around? > > > > > > Fanen Ahua > > > Random quote: Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now -- > > > always. -- Albert Schweitzer > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > NetworkManager-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
