https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473714 User aspiers@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473714#c19 --- Comment #19 from Adam Spiers <aspiers@novell.com> 2009-03-02 08:43:38 MST --- (In reply to comment #17)
No. These applications use NetworkManager API to determine the online/offline state and if the connections is brought up using some other means, NM has no way of knowing about it. It is not possible to tell NM "lie to apps and say we're online", because then it'll need to provide all the other details as well (like IP configuration, routes, DNS, ...), handle global state (like default route, resolv.conf), and monitor the connection to change the status when the connection goes down. All that can be summarized with "add support for the device in NM", so if someone is up to it, NM gladly accepts patches.
Ah - I was thinking that the "we're online" message was a "push" broadcast on dbus from NM, but from what you're saying it sounds like it's a "pull" the other way around, i.e. firefox/pidgin etc. individually ask NM for the current network status. Did I understand that right? Why do programs like firefox/pidgin need to know any more than the offline/online toggle bit though? Surely resolv.conf, routes etc. are irrelevant to them? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.