<div dir="ltr">On 17 February 2014 17:54, Frederick Grose <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fgrose@gmail.com" target="_blank">fgrose@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I feel naive about the wireless stack and NetworkManager behavior<br>
(which changed so recently).<br>
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For example,<br>
How does the behavior change with rfkill?<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>This was easy enough to test, the device is still listed with state unavailable.<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
How does it change with a removable wireless adapter like a USB or<br>
PCMCIA device?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don't have hardware to test this at the moment, but I would expect the device to be listed when the adapter is plugged and disappear when it's unplugged.<br><br>
</div><div>In general, I looked into the GNOME control center code (for the panel you see when clicking Wi-Fi Settings). The "Wi-Fi" item is added and removed from the list on the left whenever a device is added or removed on the NetworkManager API. So I think we are safe going with that logic too.<br>
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