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Check version of NetworkManager

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* Check the version of Network Manager and accordingly issue commands
as nmcli >= 0.9.10 is not backwards compatible
* Also, check if NetworkManager is running before issuing related
suggestions
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Karthik 2014-08-16 11:17:14 +05:30 committed by oblique
parent 0e9a81ff94
commit d9284c3d6b
1 changed files with 15 additions and 4 deletions
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@ -101,14 +101,17 @@ get_new_macaddr() {
ADDED_UNMANAGED=0
NETWORKMANAGER_CONF=/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
NM_OLDER_VERSION=1
networkmanager_is_running() {
which nmcli > /dev/null 2>&1 || return 1
NM_VER=$(nmcli -v | grep -m1 -oE '[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*\.[0-9]+')
version_cmp $NM_VER 0.9.10
if [[ $? -eq 1 ]]; then
NM_OLDER_VERSION=1
NMCLI_OUT=$(nmcli -t -f RUNNING nm)
else
NM_OLDER_VERSION=0
NMCLI_OUT=$(nmcli -t -f RUNNING g)
fi
[[ "$NMCLI_OUT" == "running" ]]
@ -523,9 +526,17 @@ echo "hostapd command-line interface: hostapd_cli -p $CONFDIR/hostapd_ctrl"
trap - SIGINT # reset trap
if ! hostapd $CONFDIR/hostapd.conf; then
echo -e "\nError: Failed to run hostapd, maybe a program is interfering."
echo -e "\nIf an error like 'n80211: Could not configure driver mode' was thrown, it is probably becasue of a bug in hostapd."
echo "Try running 'nmcli nm wifi off; rfkill unblock wlan' before starting create_ap."
echo -e "\nError: Failed to run hostapd, maybe a program is interfering." >&2
if networkmanager_is_running; then
echo "If an error like 'n80211: Could not configure driver mode' was thrown" >&2
echo "try running the following before starting create_ap:" >&2
if [[ $NM_OLDER_VERSION -eq 1 ]]; then
echo " nmcli nm wifi off" >&2
else
echo " nmcli r wifi off" >&2
fi
echo " rfkill unblock wlan" >&2
fi
die
fi