Re: problem with networkmanager dbus api

[Sebastian Dransfeld <sebastid tango flipp net>]

Sebastian Dransfeld wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I try to use the org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.GetAll() method call 
> with networkmanager like this (change device to one you got):
>
> dbus-send --system --print-reply --type=method_call \
> --dest=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager \
> /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_01_6c_ea_69_1b \
> org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.GetAll \
> string:org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Device
>
> This will return nothing, as libdbus-glib maps dbus properties to 
> gobject properties. In networkmanager these do not match:
>
> gobject        dbus
> udi        Udi
> interface    Interface
> driver        Driver
> capabilities    Capabilities
> ip4-address    Ip4Address
> etc.
>
> The gobject properties do however have a nick which matches the dbus 
> property name.
>
> Where should this problem be solved? networkmamager or dbus-glib?
>
> If someone can suggest a solution, I can try to create a patch.

And of course:
OS:
- Ubuntu 8.10
Packages:
- libdbus-glib-1-2              0.76-1
- network-manager               0.7~~svn20081018t105859-0ubuntu1

Best regards
Sebastian Dransfeld