Re: nm-applet

[Alex Buell <alex buell munted org uk>]

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? 

Thanks
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