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From: Jesse Smith on 26 May 2010 11:18 I was told that requests for new ports should be submitted here. There's one tool which I would like to see brought into the Ports system and that's Network Manager (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/NetworkManager) It's the only networking tool I've found so far which will properly handle my Novatel mobile modem and I would really like to be able to make use of the modem while running FreeBSD. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports(a)freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe(a)freebsd.org"
From: Peter Jeremy on 26 May 2010 15:56 On 2010-May-26 09:19:04 -0300, Jesse Smith <jessefrgsmith(a)yahoo.ca> wrote: >I was told that requests for new ports should be submitted here. Unfortunately, you were misled. FreeBSD ports are a volunteer effort and the general approach is that if you want a port and no-one has already created it, you probably need to do it yourself. You can find information on creating a port at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.html > There's >one tool which I would like to see brought into the Ports system and >that's Network Manager >(http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/NetworkManager) > >It's the only networking tool I've found so far which will properly >handle my Novatel mobile modem and I would really like to be able to >make use of the modem while running FreeBSD. That makes you the first person I've run into with anything positive to say about NetworkMangler. As an alternative to porting NotworkMangler, you might try posting a description of your modem, version of FreeBSD and problems you are having to freebsd-questions or maybe freebsd-stable. BTW, there's no benefit in reposting the same question to the same list. -- Peter Jeremy
From: Jerry on 26 May 2010 16:24 On Thu, 27 May 2010 05:56:11 +1000 Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy(a)acm.org> articulated: > >There's one tool which I would like to see brought into the Ports > >system and that's Network Manager > >(http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/NetworkManager) > > > >It's the only networking tool I've found so far which will properly > >handle my Novatel mobile modem and I would really like to be able to > >make use of the modem while running FreeBSD. > > That makes you the first person I've run into with anything positive > to say about NetworkMangler. I inquired about it a month or so ago. Other posters replied favorable regarding it. However, since there is a dearth of drivers for any of the newer chip sets that support the 'N' wireless protocol, it might well be of limited usefulness. -- Jerry FreeBSD-Ports.user(a)seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ XML is a giant step in no direction at all. Erik Naggum
From: Jesse Smith on 26 May 2010 17:23 On 2010-May-26 09:19:04 -0300, Jesse Smith <jessefrgsmith(a)yahoo.ca> wrote: >I was told that requests for new ports should be submitted here. >Unfortunately, you were misled. FreeBSD ports are a volunteer effort >and the general approach is that if you want a port and no-one has >already created it, you probably need to do it yourself. You can find >information on creating a port at >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.html I realize there's generally a if you want it, do it yourself approach. And that most people here are volunteers, but I was hoping if interest was expressed, one of those volunteers might take up the task. > There's >one tool which I would like to see brought into the Ports system and >that's Network Manager >(http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/NetworkManager) > >It's the only networking tool I've found so far which will properly >handle my Novatel mobile modem and I would really like to be able to >make use of the modem while running FreeBSD. >That makes you the first person I've run into with anything positive >to say about NetworkMangler. I don't see the need to intentionally misspell names to get you point across. Come on, let's be civil here. I accept you don't like the software. As for users with something positive to say, there are currently several million people who use NetworkManager on a daily basis. Surely they're not all unhappy with it? >As an alternative to porting NotworkMangler, you might try posting >a description of your modem, version of FreeBSD and problems you are >having to freebsd-questions or maybe freebsd-stable. Thank you, I'll try there. I'd really like to be able to run FreeBSD on my laptop and so far have been blocked by the issue with the modem. >BTW, there's no benefit in reposting the same question to the same list. Sorry, that was my fault. I sent the first e-mail _before_ I received confirmation that I was subscribed to the mailing list. I figured the first message had been filtered out and re-sent after I received confirmation. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports(a)freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe(a)freebsd.org"
From: Chris Petrik on 27 May 2010 03:38 On Wed, 26 May 2010 09:19:04 -0300, jessefrgsmith(a)yahoo.ca (Jesse Smith) wrote: >I was told that requests for new ports should be submitted here. There's >one tool which I would like to see brought into the Ports system and >that's Network Manager >(http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/NetworkManager) > >It's the only networking tool I've found so far which will properly >handle my Novatel mobile modem and I would really like to be able to >make use of the modem while running FreeBSD. > > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-ports(a)freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe(a)freebsd.org" It is a suggested google summer of code 2010 project. I take it lack of interest made this project rejected? Maybe you could be the one requesting a mentor to help you port it if you have the skills to do so? FreeBSD port of NetworkManager Suggested Summer of Code 2010 project idea Technical contact: Joe Marcus Clarke This task is to port NetworkManager to FreeBSD. Porting NetworkManager will also require some core userland changes to FreeBSD, especially to ifconfig. Requirements: C programming skills Knowledge of the FreeBSD net80211 wireless stack
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