On Sat, 2011-08-06 at 12:00 +0000, ubuntu-devel-discuss-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> From: Owas Lone <he...@owaislone.org> > To: Ubuntu-Devel-Mailing-List <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> > Cc: desktop-devel-list-requ...@gnome.org > Subject: Best way to Poll for connectivity. > Message-ID: > <canv2_bnwq27sj41aqwgtveoaw7p7amd8ch9mgjd6c_ix2qq...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hey, > > I was wondering what would be the best/most efficient method of > polling for the internet to become available. > > I mean like empathy or skype sit idle (poll to check connectivity) and > imediately connect when computer goes online. > > What would be the best way to implement this in Python. Does > GLib/GObject or any POSIX API provide some sort of callback system for > this. As far as I remember, Network Manager should have a Dbus interface that you can use to check if there's a network connection up. Try Google and you might be able to find some documentation about it. Sorry it's been years since I read about it. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
