Re: CLI Network Manager (cnetworkmanager)

[Martin Vidner <mvidner suse cz>]

On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 06:15:45PM -0300, Joel Guilherme wrote:
> Hi there,

Hi Joel,

sorry for the delay, I have a backlog after the openSUSE Conference.

> [...]
>    My connections are reported by cnetworkmanager as
> 
> $ ./cnetworkmanager -d
> Interface | Type     | State
> ----------+----------+------------
> eth1      | ETHERNET | UNAVAILABLE
> eth0      | ETHERNET | ACTIVATED
> ttyUSB0   | GSM      | ACTIVATED
> 
> $ ./cnetworkmanager --di=ttyUSB0
> Property     | Value
> -------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Udi          | /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_12d1_1003_noserial_if0_serial_usb_0
> Interface    | ttyUSB0
> Driver       | option
> Capabilities | NM_SUPPORTED
> State        | ACTIVATED
> Managed      | True
> DeviceType   | GSM
> 
> $ ./cnetworkmanager --syscon
> Active | Name | Type
> -------+------+---------------
> *      | Eth0 | 802-3-ethernet
> *      | Vivo | gsm
> 
>    I assumed that I should use the option
> 
>     --activate-connection=[KIND],ID,[DEV],[APMAC]
> 
> to get the job done.
>    I hope someone can give me a hint on what parameters I shall use to put
> such an interface on again, when it goes down, if it is possible. I've tried
> all combinations I could think of. My best assumption is
> 
>    KIND = "system"
>    ID = "Vivo"
>    DEV = ttyUSB0
>    APMAC = ? I have no idea of what should be (Would it mean "Access Point
> MAC address? This has no meaning to me, as it is not a WiFi connection.)
> 
>    For all combinations I've tried I received either a message saying
> that more parameters are needed or that option '-i'(?) was not recognised.


Yes
  KIND is "system" or "user", "user" being the default
  ID is the Name column of the -s or -u listing
  DEV is the Interface column of the -d listing  [I should name them to match]
  APPATH can be omitted

so for your case it should be
  cnetworkmanager --acti "system,Vivo,ttyUSB0,"

If it does not work, please send the exact command you use (note the
necessary trailing comma) and the full output. Unfortunately many
error states result in a python exception but I want to make them
into friendlier messages.

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Martin Vidner, YaST developer
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