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Bug 108565 - Applet always displays "N/A"
Applet always displays "N/A"
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 119471
Product: gnome-applets
Classification: Other
Component: wireless-applet
2.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-applets Maintainers
gnome-applets Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-03-16 23:54 UTC by Jeffrey Baker
Modified: 2014-10-10 14:34 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.1/2.2


Description Jeffrey Baker 2003-03-16 23:54:06 UTC 
When I load the wireless applet I simply get the string N/A.  What I want
is to get the status of my wireless link!

Here are the contents of /proc/net/wireless:

Inter-| sta-|   Quality        |   Discarded packets               | Missed
 face | tus | link level noise |  nwid  crypt   frag  retry   misc | beacon
  eth0: 023f   15.  178.    0        0      0      0      0  11835        0
 wifi0: 023f   15.  178.    0        0      0      0      0  11835        0

I checked the code and I think the applet should be able to parse this. 
Perhaps there is another problem?
Comment 1 Evan Martin 2003-03-20 22:38:44 UTC 
Does your wireless interface show up as an option in the preferences?
Comment 2 Jeffrey Baker 2003-03-20 22:59:35 UTC 
Yes, both eth0 and wifi0 can be selected.  They are actually the same
interface.
Comment 3 Kjartan Maraas 2003-10-26 17:13:08 UTC 
Ah. That explains it. :)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 119471 ***
Comment 4 Sebastian 2014-10-10 14:34:23 UTC 
This component does not exist anymore so these bugs can be removed from their group.