Hi,

This is embarrassing to me. I discovered a bug in the main auto
connect loop. This loop uses two lists:
a) a sorted list of wifis in power descending order
b) a list of installed connections (essids)

The algorithm was originally intended to take the first item from the
power sorted list (a), searches in list (b) for its presence. If it
finds the item in list b, it attempts to connect. If not it continues
iterating until it uses all the items in the power sorted list.

My error was to swap these two lists!

I discovered this bug because netman started to connect to a
neighbour's wifi notwithstanding that my wifi signal was far stronger.
This set me thinking there was something fishy in my algorithm.

I uploaded the code changes to correct this horrible bug.

Edward


On 12/10/2015, aitor_czr <aitor_czr@???> wrote:
> Ok, thanks.
>
> On 12/10/15 17:45, Edward Bartolo wrote:
>> Hi Aitor,
>>
>> fsmithred confirmed that adding:
>>
>> iface wlan1 inet dhcp
>>
>> to /etc/network/interfaces was what was causing disconnecting to fail.
>> This means, all system network devices to be used have to be defined
>> in /etc/network/interfaces as showm or anything that allows ifup and
>> ifdown to function.
>>
>> Before actually building the packages for Devuan, try to ONLY add the
>> backend executable to:
>>
>> /usr/lib/netman/bin
>>
>> All the other compiler generated files are unnecessary as we are only
>> invoking the backend. The same applies for any files generated by the
>> compiler while building the frontend by Lazarus. So, to conclude, the
>> only required executables are
>>
>> /usr/bin/netman
>> /usr/lib/netman/bin/backend
>>
>> We also have an /etc/netman.conf text file.
>>
>> Edward
>>
>> On 12/10/2015, Edward Bartolo<edbarx@???> wrote:
>>> >Hi Aitor,
>>> >
>>> >It seems fsmithred bug is not a bug after all. I am waiting for his
>>> >reply as to whether configuring /etc/network/interfaces to contain the
>>> >configuration line:
>>> >
>>> >iface wlan1 inet dhcp
>>> >
>>> >will solve his problem. I am convinced it should work, but let us be
>>> >prudent and wait.
>>> >
>>> >Edward
>>> >
>>> >On 12/10/2015, Edward Bartolo<edbarx@???> wrote:
>>>> >>Hi Aitor,
>>>> >>
>>>> >>fsmithred found a serious bug that prevents wlan1 from disconnecting.
>>>> >>I will debug that, and then, upload again the necessary changes.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Edward.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>On 12/10/2015, aitor_czr<aitor_czr@???> wrote:
>>>>> >>>Good!
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>I will update the packages of netman. I'm still generating the
>>>>> >>>Packages*.gz and the Contents*.gz of my repository. Adding
>>>>> >>> Contents*.gz
>>>>> >>>slows the proccess. It takes so long...
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>...Patience...
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>Aitor.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>On 12/10/15 14:00, Edward Bartolo<edbarx@???> wrote:
>>>>>> >>>>Hi All,
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>>The changes have been uploaded. The backend should now support
>>>>>> >>>> other
>>>>>> >>>>devices besides wlan0 and eth0.
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>>Edward
>
>