Re: nm-applet

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sun, 2009-10-18 at 17:22 +0100, Alex Buell wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 12:22 +0200, Witold Sowa wrote:
> > Alex Buell pisze:
> > > Is there a way to make nm-applet start up with wireless toggled off?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Alex
> > 
> > You can change org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.WirelessEnabled DBus
> > property before starting nm-applet, like that:
> > 
> > $ dbus-send --system --type=method_call \
> >   --dest=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager \
> >   /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager \
> >   org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Set \
> >     string:'org.freedesktop.NetworkManager' \
> >     string:'WirelessEnabled' \
> >     variant:boolean:false
> > 
> > ant then launch nm-applet:
> > $ nm-applet &
> 
> Yes, that could work, but ideally, nm-applet (or Network Manager) really
> should save its settings so it can remember what it was originally set
> to when started next time. Something to do for the next release? 

Yes; see the mail I posted earlier today about it, Tony volunteered to
do the patch.

Dan