Re: Is there a way to get NM to manage a bnep device as well?

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 23:15 -0700, Xamindar wrote:
> Hmmm, I was testing another machine and on that machine NetworkManager 
> works just fine with the bnep device. Only difference I can see is that 
> the version on that machine is 6.5 and on this machine (the machine that 
> doesn't work) it is version 6.6. Am I right in thinking they REMOVED 
> functionality in a newer version? Or did I miss some setting or 
> something else on the new version?

NM hasn't ever dealt directly with bnep devices.  It talks to HAL to
find devices with the "net.80203" capability.  What's the lshal output
for the bnep device, and what are the capabilities it advertises?

Dan

> Xamindar wrote:
> > I am just wondering if there was a way to have networkmanager set my 
> > bnep device up (dhcp) when it is connected or appears. It doesn't seem 
> > that hard to me as the device seems to only appear when the connection 
> > between my phone and computer comes up...then there is a bnep0 device. 
> > Any ideas if this is possible?
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