Re: invalid path nma-gconf-connection

[Sébastien Fillaudeau <el_gringo_88 hotmail fr>]

Le 14/04/2010 22:31, Dan Williams a écrit :
> On Sat, 2010-04-10 at 12:20 +0200, Sébastien Fillaudeau wrote:
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> > Le 09/04/2010 02:04, Dan Williams a écrit :
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> > > On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 20:13 +0200, Sébastien Fillaudeau wrote:
> > >
> > >        
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > For my work, i try to modify the mn-applet to order connection by there
> > > > priority.
> > > >
> > > > The priority for the nma-gconf-connection can be get by the path of this
> > > > connection.
> > > >
> > > >          
> > > What behavior are you trying to get here with the priorities?  NM
> > > doesn't use priorities for a specific reason, usually because they're a
> > > pretty bad way to interact with users.  It's not often that you have
> > > more than one visible wifi network in the same area that you switch
> > > between frequently; that would usually indicate bad network planning :)
> > > There may be other ways we can adjust the behavior.
> > >
> > > But I don't think your patch is the right way to do this.  You don't
> > > really want to be modifying nm-connection.c or really libnm-util at all,
> > > and you don't need to.
> > >
> > > Just abuse the 'timestamp' option to be your priority, which NM will
> > > already use to sort the connections.  Disable the code in nm-applet that
> > > updates the timestamp periodically, and then add some bits in
> > > nm-connection-editor that change the timestamp based on what the user
> > > wants the priority to be.
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > >
> > >        
> > > > I have a probleme when i tried to get te connection path. It seems to
> > > > have illegal caracter at the beginning of the path.
> > > >
> > > > Maybe, any modification of char in gchar could cause it?
> > > >
> > > > The get_path function give a char *.
> > > >
> > > > If you know something about comparable error can you help me.
> > > >
> > > > I search a lot about this errors and i don't found any help.
> > > >
> > > > I attach the patch of my modification, maybe you could help me better if
> > > > you see the code i generated.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thank for any help
> > > >
> > > > Sebastien
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> > > >          
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >        
> > I can take my situation to make an example. For my internet connection
> > my FAI is free.
> > They propose to share your internet connection by a specific wifi network.
> >    And if you share you can connect to other one wich share.
> > In my home i don't want to connect to this second limited connection.
> > But in my appartement for my study, i connect to it.
> >    So if we can set priority in applet it could be useful for case like
> > this, don't you think?
> >
> > For you NetworkManager should'nt explicitly modify the priority?
> >
> > about the code : nm-connection is the representation of system connection?
> >    so it is on this class i need to interacte with it ?
> >      
> NMConnection is the representation of all connections, both system and
> user.  But you shouldn't need to modify it if you're using the timestamp
> for the priority.
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>    
> > timestamp is a good example but it is not a element that user by using
> > applet can modify
> >      
> No, but my suggestion was to make it modifiable by the user.  NM just
> uses the highest value there to pick the first network to try, so
> timestamp is really a good mapping of what you're trying to do.
>
> Dan
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ok , i was thinking that the priority of a connection was pick up by the 
number of the folder it is in.

and timestamp was just a attribut to sort the list display for the user.

I will try using this approach

Sébastien