Re: Slight flame at NM

[Timothy Murphy <tim birdsnest maths tcd ie>]

On Sat 26 Mar 2005 21:37, Dan Williams wrote:

> > (2) If iwlist can work out that the card will not work,
> > surely NM must know this,
> > so why does it not politely exit with a message to this effect?
>
> Surely this is a better option than #1, some notification that the card
> won't work as expected.  However, NM will never "politely exit" at any
> point, since its a daemon and sticks around for hot plug events.  The more
> appropriate scenario is this:

Thanks for the very polite reply, probably undeserved -
and apologies for my rudeness!

I've been having a lot of trouble recently with my Sony Picturebook,
which I rely on to work in bed.
(I think my wife may have sabotaged it.)

I'll come back to NM in a few months,
when hopefully the Orinoco driver is able to scan.


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