Re: [gentoo-user] mysterious syslog message "."

[Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au>]

On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 09:37 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> 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.

And how do you power it on the road?  Much more hungry to have 2x wifi
going than one usb 3G modem (imho) and many netbooks are integrating
them so you won't have the dongle sticking out any more.

> >      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.

you're suggestions on exactly what script to run to tell the current evo
process to go offline immediately is welcome :)  I couldn't figure it
out, but no doubt theres some way I could emulate the dbus message from
NetworkManager...

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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

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