Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 10:34:08 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Olivier Cortes <olive@deep-ocean.org> Cc: Mailing-List FreeBSD Gnome <freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: wireless applet for wi interface Message-ID: <1060094048.9658.0.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <1060064661.1938.5.camel@syrenna.deep-ocean.local> References: <1059913820.620.2.camel@oblivion> <1059931615.89988.0.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <1059987482.18182.0.camel@oblivion> <1060049102.50814.24.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <1060064661.1938.5.camel@syrenna.deep-ocean.local>
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--=-HuOWIPZ/ZYmExi8z/IJW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 02:24, Olivier Cortes wrote: > Hi, >=20 > the wifi gnome2 applet opens /proc/sys/wireless hard in the code... it > expects the "/proc linux interface" everywhere. unless someones makes it > freebsd (or *bsd ?) friendly, it is not going to work today :-( >=20 > is there any page where i can find a porting guide for this kind of app? > i mean : should i simply insert #ifdef __FreeBSD__ in the code, or is > there a more elegant way to do it ? The code has already been ported to FreeBSD. However, there appears to be a bug recognizing the wi-driven cards. It works fine for my Aironet card. Joe >=20 > regards, >=20 > Olivier Cortes >=20 > Le Mar 05/08/2003 =E0 04:05, Joe Marcus Clarke a =E9crit : > > On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 04:58, Andrew Thomson wrote: > > > On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 03:26, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 08:30, Andrew Thomson wrote: > > > > > just mucking around and noticed this wireless applet. > > > > >=20 > > > > > however it just comes up with n/a for me when I load it. > > > > >=20 > > > > > further fishing around revealed that support for wi is available = in > > > > > gnomeapplets2 2.2.2_1. > > > > >=20 > > > > > however i don't seem to be having much luck.. any tips? > > > >=20 > > > > Did you configure it to use wi0? By default it expects an0. > > > >=20 > > > > Joe > > >=20 > > > as in right click -> preferences?? > >=20 > > Hmmm...I didn't write the wi code, and I don't have a wi card with whic= h > > to test. Try asking David Jonas <djonas@splitretina.com> if he has an > > idea on this. > >=20 > > Joe > >=20 > > >=20 > > > by default it had wi0.. in fact that was the only option. > > >=20 > > > ajt. > > >=20 > > > >=20 > > > > >=20 > > > > > /usr/ports/x11/gnomeapplets2 > pkg_info| grep applet > > > > > gnomeapplets2-2.2.2_1 Applets components for the Gnome 2 Desktop > > > > > Environment > > > > >=20 > > > > > 5.0-RELEASE-p7 > > > > >=20 > > > > > wi0: <WaveLAN/IEEE> at port 0x100-0x13f irq 11 function 0 config = 1 on > > > > > pccard0 > > > > > wi0: 802.11 address: 00:40:05:ae:bd:48 > > > > > wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3873 > > > > >=20 > > > > > thanks, > > > > >=20 > > > > > ajt. > > > > >=20 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freeb= sd.org" > > >=20 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-gnome-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-HuOWIPZ/ZYmExi8z/IJW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/L8Bfb2iPiv4Uz4cRAgSSAJsFWNPvOE2jEL01+FoIg55D4T4NEgCcDxiJ EfMrmBba8us2mi/6CRdpRwY= =wqqT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-HuOWIPZ/ZYmExi8z/IJW--
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