Fw: DBus interface clarification part2

[Kevron Rees <kev000x yahoo com>]

> On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 04:09 -0700, Kevron Rees wrote:
> > > Answering myself, since I got no response here, ActivateConnection requires 
> > that the connection you want to activate has been connected to in the past.  
> Am 
> > I correct on this?  You basically have to get the connection object from the 
> > org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSettings ListConnections() method.  From that 
> > list, you have to find the specific connection to use.  You do so by looking 
> in 
> > that path and the org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerSettings.Connection interface 
> > using the "GetSettings()" method.
> > > 
> > > Correct me if i'm wrong, but if this is a new access point, you cannot 
> connect 
> > to it via dbus?  Wouldn't a simpler:
> > > 
> > > ActivateConnection(o: device, o: specific_object_to_connect_to)
> > 
> > I responded on Saturday:
> > 
> > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2009-March/msg00082.html
> > 
> > Let me know if you have any further questions!
> > 
> > Dan
> 
Thanks Dan!  I didn't see the reply on Saturday.  My mistake.  Your example is 
very helpful.  Is it possible to use a blank path ("/") as the connection if 
this is a new connection and no settings are available yet?
 
Thanks again
 
Kev