Re: hacking nm-applet

[Jirka Klimes <jklimes redhat com>]

On Friday 03 of September 2010 12:19:32 rain blue wrote:
> Thanks Jirka's reply
> my steps:
> 1. I want to replace nm-applet
> 2. I wrote the user through the GUI to config (and I provided Network DBUS
> API)
> Name called: org.myself.Network
> (So I want to look for function can be applied )
> 3. Set the way that only selected a.wire b.wifi c.3.5g d.disable
> 4. Contents set: gateway static ip dns mask
> 5. After set up, I will automatically connect.
> 
> I would like to make the above process
> 
> ps: keep only one config for each interface
> 
> So I do not know how to get from nm-applet that the function of these
> settings config
> 
> I really don't know how to do.
> 

I'm sorry, but I still don't see what is your issue, exactly. Do you want to 
get rid of nm-applet for some reason? Why? Or do you just try to work around 
some problem you can't solve with the applet?

BTW, you can use static IP configuration with both system and user connections 
(provided by nm-applet). Just edit your connection via the connection editor 
and select 'Manual' method on 'IPv4 Settings' tab.
And you can have just one connection (config) for each interface (the 'Device 
MAC address' on 'Wireless' tab can be used to force that the connection is 
used just for the particular interface). 

As for the command line, both cnetworkmanager and nmcli (part of 
NetworkManager now and a replacement for cnetworkmanager) just activate a 
connection. They don't provide a means to create new connections (settings).

> BTW, i try to use gconf tool that deviate modify gconfig not create, right?
> 
Using gconf-editor or gconftool-2 you can both create new and modify existing 
connections. For more info, you can see:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2010-June/msg00211.html

If I didn't answer your questions, please describe your problem or use case 
more precisely.

Jirka


> 2010/9/2 Jirka Klimes <jklimes redhat com>
> 
> > On Tuesday 31 of August 2010 13:19:28 Edward Doong wrote:
> > 
> > Could you please describe more specifically what you want to achieve ?
> > 
> > You may find useful these links:
> > http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManagerConfiguration
> > http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/SystemSettings
> > 
> > As for user connections (that are managed by nm-applet) you can add/edit
> > them
> > via nm-connection-editor GUI.
> > If you want, you can also use gconf-editor or command line gconftool-2
> > tool.
> > 
> > Jirka