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2010-03-17
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@JohnLF
Hum yes, I'm more a perl guy but that's a good idea, I could try to do that in python. Could be fun.
And to add a GUI, you can just create a conf file and the script called by dbus-scripts can read that file
And this is very easy to package.
Last edited by nbc; 2010-03-17 at 23:54.
Hum yes, I'm more a perl guy but that's a good idea, I could try to do that in python. Could be fun.
And to add a GUI, you can just create a conf file and the script called by dbus-scripts can read that file
And this is very easy to package.
Last edited by nbc; 2010-03-17 at 23:54.
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2010-03-18
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Originally Posted by nbc
Ok, I've done a python script that use a config file so it's easy to add a GUI. If I have time and some people ask for it I can try to build a package and why not a GUI.
@JohnLF
Hum yes, I'm more a perl guy but that's a good idea, I could try to do that in python. Could be fun.
And to add a GUI, you can just create a conf file and the script called by dbus-scripts can read that file
You must copy the file w32g.py.txt (see below attached files) in /home/user/bin/w32g and follow the instruction at the beginning of this file to install it.
If you want a different configuration you can copy the file w32g.conf.txt to /home/user/.w32g.conf. If you don't want a different configuration there's no need to copy it now.
For information, the default configuration is :
Code:
[w32g] ### the comment reflect the default configuration ### true is true (case insensitive), everything else is false ### the command used to test the wifi connection before downgrading to 2g ### if you don't want to do test just delete after = connection_test = sudo /bin/ping -c 1 www.google.com ### notification message when going to 3g message_on_idle = 3G cellular mode set ### notification message when going to 2g message_on_connected = 2G (GSM) cellular mode set ### shall we go back to 3g when wlan disconnect ? #### if you want to have false just delete after = change_on_idle = true ### shall we go back to dual or 3g ? change_to_dual = true ### if you want go to 2g only when connected to some wlan you can add their wlan id here ### you can find the wlan id using the command ### gconftool-2 -R /system/osso/connectivity/IAP ### For example : ### wifi = 91f493fb-7c89-4fc6-ac2c-b822923dde45 9ee5dd55-9a32-4ee9-9131-c464ad31d907 # wifi =
Last edited by nbc; 2010-03-18 at 02:37.
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2010-03-18
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An alternative to fcron and dbus would be to put a script in /etc/network/if-up.d (and in if-down.d). If you want to keep doing the polling, put a script there that enables fcron-managed polling.
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2010-03-19
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Originally Posted by baksiidaa
It's doable but using ifup to enable fcron pulling seems to me like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut while dbus signal is like a groom knocking on your door to wake you up
An alternative to fcron and dbus would be to put a script in /etc/network/if-up.d (and in if-down.d). If you want to keep doing the polling, put a script there that enables fcron-managed polling.
Using if-up.d/if-down.d is quite easy to use but limited to network automation. dbus allow me to automatize many things. I like dbus
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2010-03-19
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Ran into a problem with it last night. I was on a work call and when I got home, it was dumped as the phone switched to the home wifi and then dropped to 2G. Called him back and then I was leaving home and after I lost my wifi, the script brought me back to 3G and dumped the call. Anyway to add a provision for it not to do anything if there is an active call?
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2010-03-23
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Originally Posted by gregc2009
Ok, I've searched a bit and found a solution. You can check if there's a call with this code :
Ran into a problem with it last night. I was on a work call and when I got home, it was dumped as the phone switched to the home wifi and then dropped to 2G. Called him back and then I was leaving home and after I lost my wifi, the script brought me back to 3G and dumped the call. Anyway to add a provision for it not to do anything if there is an active call?
Code:
dbus-send --system --dest=com.nokia.csd.Call --print-reply=literal /com/nokia/csd/call/1 com.nokia.csd.Call.Instance.GetStatus
So I've modified the script to test this before . You can find it on this wiki page User:Nbc/W32g
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2010-04-07
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Update on this: found a problem. For the first time I'm using Joikuspot in a hotel to get my laptop online. Whenever I connect, because Joikuspot is using WiFi to share the 3G signal, it disconnects and drops down to 2G. Very annoying - when I eventually realised what was happening I had to rename the script temporarily to stop it running!
If anyone packages this, there will have to be way to stop this or perhaps just have a way to turn it off manually.
If anyone packages this, there will have to be way to stop this or perhaps just have a way to turn it off manually.
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2010-04-07
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#29
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if [`ps | grep joiku` = ...]
exit
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It's a very simple addition.
exit
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It's a very simple addition.
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2010-04-07
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A truly complete program, besides checking for these two conditions (ongoing call and joikuspot sharing), should also wait for these two events to finish before switching to 2G/3G, and when doing that, first check if the condition hasn't changed again.
The logic starts to become complicated here. We would have to use some threads for that?
BTW, if a packaged script with some user interface is done, I'd recommend using the regular if-up.d and if-down.d networkmanager scripts, because it is not very good to depend on dbus-scripts because it's still in extras-devel, not extras. This way you get only the interface being connected/disconnected, but you can get the remaining details with iwconfig and the like.
The logic starts to become complicated here. We would have to use some threads for that?
BTW, if a packaged script with some user interface is done, I'd recommend using the regular if-up.d and if-down.d networkmanager scripts, because it is not very good to depend on dbus-scripts because it's still in extras-devel, not extras. This way you get only the interface being connected/disconnected, but you can get the remaining details with iwconfig and the like.
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My nickname on freenode is ptl, that is, the consonants of my nickname here. Kind of a long story.
I use dbus-scripts, it's a daemon a bit like cron but for dbus. So I add a rule to dbus-scripts, that rule watch for a wifi connection or deconnection signal.
Just follow the instructions of the install/configuration doc at the beginning of the following script and copy the script in a file /home/user/bin/w32g :
#!/usr/bin/perl # # You need to install dbus-scripts (BE CAREFUL, it's a devel package) # # as root you need to create a file /etc/sudoers.d/w32g # with this line : # user ALL = NOPASSWD: /bin/ping # and run the command update-sudoers because only root can use ping # # always as root and you need to create another file # /etc/dbus-scripts/w32g with one of the following line : # # to only change to 2g on connection (on one line) : # /home/user/bin/w32g * * com.nokia.icd status_changed * WLAN_INFRA CONNECTED # # to change to 2g on connection and 3g on deconnection # /home/user/bin/w32g * * com.nokia.icd status_changed * WLAN_INFRA * # # if you want to change to 2g only with some wifi networks, put their maemo wifi id separated by | # my $wifi = '91f493fb-7c89-4fc6-ac2c-b822923dde45|...'; # you can find the wifi id with the command gconftool-2 -R /system/osso/connectivity/IAP my $wifi = ''; # if you don't want to test connection, change the ping string by "/bin/true" my $connection_test = "sudo /bin/ping -c 1 www.google.com"; ### end of documentation/configuration my ($wifi_id,$state) = @ARGV[4,6]; # if we are not on the good wifi network we do nothing and exit exit if $wifi and not $wifi eq $wifi_id; my $dbus_wifi = "dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply " . "--dest=com.nokia.phone.net /com/nokia/phone/net Phone.Net.set_selected_radio_access_technology"; my $dbus_notif = "dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply " . "--dest=org.freedesktop.Notifications /org/freedesktop/Notifications org.freedesktop.Notifications.SystemNoteInfoprint"; if ($state eq 'CONNECTED') { # we verified that the connection works my $ret = system($connection_test); if ($ret == 0) { system("$dbus_wifi byte:1"); system("$dbus_notif string:'2G (GSM) cellular mode set'") } } elsif ($state eq 'IDLE') { # to change to 3g instead of dual, use 2 instead of 0 in the line below system("$dbus_wifi byte:0"); system("$dbus_notif string:'3G cellular mode set'") }Last edited by nbc; 2010-03-17 at 23:45.