[debian/fso] how to enable wlan again?

[Neil Jerram]

2010/1/16 arne anka <openmoko at ginguppin.de>:
> after upgrading to timo's improved kernel a few days ago, i'd like to test
> wlan again -- but can't recall the exact steps.
> doing
>
> qdbus --system org.freesmartphone.ousaged /org/freesmartphone/Usage
> org.freesmartphone.Usage.SetResourcePolicy WiFi enabled
>
> does not change anything apparently and
>
> qdbus --system org.freesmartphone.ousaged /org/freesmartphone/Usage
> org.freesmartphone.Usage.GetResourceState Wifi
>
> returns
>
> Error: org.freesmartphone.Usage.ResourceUnknown
> Resource Wifi had never been registered

Well FWIW I use openmoko-panel-plugin's wifi icon, and I've customized
its config so that it automatically runs "ifup eth0".  Plus I have the
standard wpa-roam stuff in /etc/network/interfaces, and network
configurations in wpa-supplicant.conf.

Does that help at all?

    Neil