[Commotion-dev] commotion mesh applet - first test package

Sat Mar 2 23:42:15 UTC 2013

Hi Hans,

I can now confirm the latest commotion-mesh-applet package from your PPA
works on my VMware guest copy of Ubuntu Quantal, with a TP-Link TL-WN821N
USB adapter.  That is, virtual Ubuntu with real 802.11n radio, same as what
I had working with the virtualized copy of Commotion-OpenWRT mentioned
earlier on this list.

The instance of Ubuntu did successfully mesh with a Nanostation Loco M2
running Commotion PR3, although the Ubuntu node would not select the Nano
M2 as its gateway node for reasons that I have not yet diagnosed.  It could
be the Nanostation was not properly configured, due to running an older
version of Commotion.

The tarball containing this VM guest copy of Ubuntu is 1.6GBytes, and I'm
hoping to be able to upload it soon here.
https://code.commotionwireless.net/projects/commotion/files

Would anyone on this list have use for a virtualized copy of Ubuntu with
commotion-mesh-applet, for their own testing?  You would need a USB adapter
known to work, e.g. TP-Link TL-WN821N v3 or TP-Link TL-WN721N.

On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 10:27 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <
hans at guardianproject.info> wrote:

>
> I just pushed a big update to Commotion Mesh Applet, you can now connect
> to a
> profile by clicking on it, and the menu and mesh status window dynamically
> update.  Attached is a shot of my mesh status window.  It should be built
> and
> available in the launchpad PPA in a couple hours, so 'apt-get upgrade'
> should
> get it.
>
> For those installing for the first time:
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:guardianproject/commotion
>    (fingerprint: F50E ADDD 2234 F563)
> sudo apt-get install commotion-mesh-applet
>
> .hc
>
> On 03/01/2013 03:34 PM, Hans of Guardian wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for you testing and feedback!
> >
> > Looks like NetworkManager is not finding any commotionwireless.netnodes in its wifi scan.  Are there any active nodes called '
> commotionwireless.net' nearby?
> >
> > Creating the first node will happen via the Commotion Mesh Applet by
> choosing the profile there.  I'm working on hooking that up today.  As
> things are now, you'll need to associate with an existing mesh.
> >
> > .hc
> >
> > On Mar 1, 2013, at 2:56 PM, Ben West wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Hans,
> >>
> >> Thanks for the follow-up.  I can confirm my copy of Ubuntu Quantal
> (with the MATE desktop) now launches the latest version of
> commotion-mesh-applet OK.
> >>
> >> It looks like I may not be getting the desired behavior from
> NetworkManager; the entry "commotionwireless.net" simply does not appear.
>  I verified this instance of does have nm-dispatcher-olsrd
> 0.0.20130218-1~quantal.  I'm sharing a screenshot of what I see in the NM
> applet drop-down menu.  Indeed, "commotionwireless.net" does appear as a
> profile.
> >>
> >> (Sorry for low-res JPG attachments. The listserv has a 40kB cap on
> message body size.)
> >>
> >> Could you share more about what you see on your end?
> >>
> >> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Hans of Guardian <
> hans at guardianproject.info> wrote:
> >>
> >> Ok, I just pushed an update to fix the non-loading, its building on
> launchpad now, so if you already have it installed, then 'apt-get update;
> apt-get upgrade" should give you the new version.
> >>
> >> Right now the Commotion menu applet is just a display of info, but
> today I'm going to hook up the control to let you initiate the mesh
> connection there.  For now, you should be able to click on '
> commotionwireless.net' in the standard NetworkManager menu applet, and it
> should set up the adhoc and start olsrd.
> >>
> >> .hc
> >>
> >> On Feb 28, 2013, at 11:04 PM, Ben West wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Hans,
> >>>
> >>> I think was just able to install commotion-mesh-applet successfully on
> an Ubuntu Quantal VMware guest, and furthermore successfully initialize a
> USB TP-Link WN821N radio connected to that guest.  This is the same radio
> which I've been able to get to work in adhoc + unecrypted VAP mode under
> Commotion-OpenWRT, using the ath9k_htc module, and I installed the
> linux-backports-modules-cw-3.6-quantal-generic package to get the most
> current wireless drivers.
> >>>
> >>> However, I'm not sure how to actually get the applet to configure the
> radio (or if I must manually configure the radio).
> >>>
> >>> What's next?
> >>>
> >>> P.S. Note I'm using the 2nd to last release of commotion-mesh-applet,
> due to the error mentioned in my previous email.
> >>>
> https://launchpad.net/~guardianproject/+archive/commotion/+build/4330501
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <
> hans at guardianproject.info> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Wow, building a panel applet is quite a project these days because
> there is a
> >>> different API for each environment: GNOME2, GNOME3, MATE, Xfce,
> Cinnamon, KDE,
> >>> OpenBox, etc.
> >>>
> >>> I have this applet working well on my MATE laptop, but not yet working
> on
> >>> GNOME3.  It should work on GNOME2 (i.e. Debian squeeze), and my guess
> is Xfce
> >>> will not be much work.  I don't know about Cinnamon, KDE, OpenBox,
> whatever
> >>> else...  patches welcome!
> >>>
> >>> Here is the code:
> >>> https://github.com/eighthave/commotion-mesh-applet
> >>>
> >>> And here are the Ubuntu packages:
> >>> https://launchpad.net/~guardianproject/+archive/commotion/+packages
> >>>
> >>> Or:
> >>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:guardianproject/commotion
> >>>   (fingerprint: F50E ADDD 2234 F563)
> >>> sudo apt-get install commotion-mesh-applet
> >>>
> >>> .hc
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Ben West
> >>> http://gowasabi.net
> >>> ben at gowasabi.net
> >>> 314-246-9434
> >>> <nm-dispatcher-olsrd.log><Screenshot.png>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ben West
> >> http://gowasabi.net
> >> ben at gowasabi.net
> >> 314-246-9434
> >> <Screenshot_NM_Wireless_profiles.jpg><Screenshot_Ubuntu_NM.jpg>
> >
> >
>

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Ben West
http://gowasabi.net
ben at gowasabi.net
314-246-9434
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