This is exasperating! Git is refusing my commits telling me everything is up to date!
This is effectively locking me out of development notwithstanding that I spent hours upon hours developing. This puts me down. :((( Edward On 28/08/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Found a call to calloc() without a matching call to free() in > core_functions.c > > i) eth0, wlan0 can be upped and downed from GUI > ii) eth0 configuration cannot be edited from GUI > iii) wifi configuration can be edited from GUI > iv) wifi hotspot scanning works > v) listing of configured wifis and eth0 supported > > TODO: (ie what I am doing now) > i) Testing of using a root SUID for backend instead of sudo > ii) automatic selection of strongest wifi signal but on request by > user. That is, user presses a button to instruct netman to search > instead of having it eating CPU cycles without being told to. > > After achieving these goals, the new goal will be that of > internationalisation. > > Those who are 'worried' about netman/backend not recognizing > international characters, shall be listened to. :) > > These are my humble ideas... Anyone who has other ideas is free to > make them known. > > Edward > > On 27/08/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Also successfully detected multiple simultaneously active connections >> from Lazarus code. The next step will be to implement network >> connection identification in C code. >> >> After that, I will do my next commit to git.devuan.org >> >> >> Automatic searching for Wifi hotspots probably will need a separate >> thread to simplify the code, although I am confident this can be >> achieved from the main thread without crippling it. However, without a >> separate thread, the code will be far more complex and difficult to >> read. >> >> I am opting for a separate thread. >> >> Edward >> >> On 27/08/2015, Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> It worked. >>> >>> Now, I must find a way to determine whether we can communicate with a >>> router. Found that also. >>> >>> "ip a | grep wlan0" >>> With wifi switched on and connection active: state UP >>> >>> With wifi turned off and connection still active: state DOWN >>> >>> That is what I need. >>> >>> >>> Edward >>> >>> On 27/08/2015, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: >>>> On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 15:40:49 +0100 >>>> Edward Bartolo <edb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I added another function to core_functions.c. It attempts to connect >>>>> to eth0 but for some weird reason, probably a bug not from our part, >>>>> it is failing. >>>>> >>>>> The function is: int connectWired(const char ethx) >>>>> >>>>> And the error is: (passed command to execl is "ifup eth0") >>>>> "This command should be called as ifup, ifdown, or ifquery" >>>>> >>>>> Any pointers as to what is the cause are appreciated. >>>> >>>> You might get lucky by sending execl the full path to ifup, perhaps >>>> it's /sbin/ifup and execl didn't send the environment. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> SteveT >>>> >>>> Steve Litt >>>> August 2015 featured book: Troubleshooting: Just the Facts >>>> http://www.troubleshooters.com/tjust >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Dng mailing list >>>> Dng@lists.dyne.org >>>> https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng >>>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
