Re: ipw2200: nm thinks that networks are present even if the card is off

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 17:46 +0100, yelo_3 wrote:
> well... so you are in a different situation! in my
> case if I'm connected the signal drops to 0 bars (only
> the applet icon), but the list is not purged, nor
> updated with 0% signal... which laptop do you have? or
> better, what does your hotkey do? mine manipulates the
> file
> 
> /sys/class/net/eth1/device/rf_kill
> 
> I'm using ubuntu feisty now... but I remember that in
> edgy it was the same

rfkill is badly supported under Linux.  Right now there are a plethora
of different ways that different drivers and hardware report rfkill.  I
don't want NM to have to implement 15 different methods of detecting and
handling rfkill, and therefore we will wait until a more unified
solution exists.

This solution is in the works, see netdev/linux-wireless where Ivo van
Doorn is working on it.

Matthew Garret is also working on an interim solution using HAL, which
NM will likely use when it's ready.

Dan


> 
> 
> --- Martin Wolff <mwolffedu gmail com> ha scritto:
> 
> > My ipw2200 on ubuntu Edgy will disapear when I kill
> > the card.  It
> > takes a second or two, but then the signal bars drop
> > to zero and I
> > lose everything as I would expect it to.
> > 
> > On 3/6/07, yelo_3 <yelo_3 yahoo it> wrote:
> > > I'm using a ipw2200 wireless card. I can manually
> > > disable  it by
> > >
> > > echo 1 | sudo tee
> > /sys/class/net/eth1/device/rf_kill
> > >
> > > When the card is in this status iwlist eth1 scan
> > > reports no network at all
> > >
> > > eth1      No scan results
> > >
> > > instead the applet still shows the latest networks
> > > that were found.
> > > This also happens when I move to a place not
> > covered
> > > by any signal
> > > In these cases the list should be purged,
> > shouldn't it??
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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