I am attaching my updated code to this email as I couldn't commit my
changes. GIT is blocking me.


Edward



On 28/08/2015, Edward Bartolo <edbarx@???> wrote:
> 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 <edbarx@???> 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 <edbarx@???> 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 <edbarx@???> 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 <slitt@???> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 27 Aug 2015 15:40:49 +0100
>>>>> Edward Bartolo <edbarx@???> 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
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