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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Den 2014-12-17 22:41, Israel skrev:
> Hi everyone,
> this is more of an e-mail to sort out my thoughts.
> 
> The main issue we are facing is connectivity.
> There are two main options here.
> Use one of the applets (which do not seem to want to work correctly)
> possibly making the base install larger (not too much of a problem) or
> do something else.
> 
> SO, if we do something else we need someone who is more of an expert in
> setting up networks in Linux.  The current network applets cost us
> memory to the tune of 5ish MB.  This is not a huge deal, however they
> don't work correctly... so this is a huge deal.
> If someone knows a way to scan for wireless networks from the terminal
> and log into them without a network applet (like you might do on the
> Mini ISO aside from editing /etc/network/interfaces though that could be
> a fine choice as it is a normal file read by the computer on startup...
> though it does cause Ubuntu to boot slowly if the network is not
> currently available....)
> that would be great.  It is very easy to make a simple dialog list in
> zenity and allow the choice to be passed on to something else.  We could
> make a script that when you click the icon for networking it does all
> the fancy stuff and populates the list.... then when you click it it
> connects you... and you can have that saved to do automatically (by
> including a custom startup script which would be all generated and
> handled automatically)
> 
> Does anyone know how feasible this is?  I am thinking Nio or Jörn have a
> better idea about whether or not this is possible, or if it would be a
> waste of time to try to save a few MB of RAM.
> 

Hi Israel,

I think it is possible, that someone who is good at setting up networks
with command line tools can help you create a simple dialog list in
zenity. But I don't know the details, maybe you should ask someone with
experience from running linux servers.

For me it is OK, that a working network applet costs some MB (of used
RAM and ISO file size), because it adds so much user friendliness.

Best regards
Nio