Benoît,<br>Like I said, messy and complicated ;)<br>Agreed though, the profiles for different device actions in different states should be configurable.<br><br>Gary<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Benoît HERVIER <<a href="mailto:khertan@khertan.net">khertan@khertan.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">2008/6/19 gary liquid <<a href="mailto:liquid@gmail.com">liquid@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> George,<br>
><br>
> I have a problem with my wifi at home which means when connected it will<br>
> drain very rapidly.<br>
> I use an ad-hoc connection which I believe prevents idling so drains my<br>
> battery quickly.<br>
> Other users report staying connected to their Infrastructure based wifi for<br>
> days at a time.<br>
><br>
> I personally wouldn't like my n810 programmatically deciding when to connect<br>
> under normal situations, however I think it would be beneficial to allow the<br>
> wifi to disconnect with the Lock slider switch.<br>
> This all gets messy and complicated though if you want to restore the<br>
> connection when it is unlocked since some people have roaming charges or<br>
> other considerations.<br>
><br>
> One other thing, I find lowering the screen brightness a couple of notches<br>
> improves battery life by literally hours, might be an idea.<br>
><br>
> Gary (lcuk on #maemo)<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Benoît HERVIER <<a href="mailto:khertan@khertan.net">khertan@khertan.net</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> 2008/6/19 George Nachman <<a href="mailto:maemodev@georgester.com">maemodev@georgester.com</a>>:<br>
>> > Hi maemo-developers,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Is it possible on the N800 to programatically shut down the wifi<br>
>> > interface and bring it back up?<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I have an application that very occasionally needs network<br>
>> > connectivity. If I leave my device connected to wifi, the battery dies<br>
>> > too quickly. I would like to have the software turn on the wifi<br>
>> > interface, do its thing, and then turn the interface off to conserve<br>
>> > energy. I've considered other solutions, but I think this is the<br>
>> > simplest answer.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I thought at first that libconic could do this, but it appears not (at<br>
>> > least not in Python: see the comment here:<br>
>> ><br>
>> > <a href="https://garage.maemo.org/svn/pymaemo/packages/python-conic/branches/chinook/tests/test_disconnect.py" target="_blank">https://garage.maemo.org/svn/pymaemo/packages/python-conic/branches/chinook/tests/test_disconnect.py</a>).<br>
>> > Is it possible? I saw a veiled reference to sending d-bus messages<br>
>> > (<a href="http://maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-developers/2007-April/009462.html" target="_blank">http://maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-developers/2007-April/009462.html</a>),<br>
>> > but it wasn't specific enough to turn into code.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > I tried running /etc/init.d/wlancond stop, but that doesn't seem to<br>
>> > decrease power consumption.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Is there a magical dbus message I can send? If I could trick it into<br>
>> > entering/exiting flight mode, that would work too. I've been<br>
>> > experimenting for hours with no luck.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Thanks for your help,<br>
>> > George<br>
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>><br>
>> Hi,<br>
>><br>
>> This is strange, are you sure that there isn't a process that don't<br>
>> let the nit going into sleep mode ?<br>
>><br>
>> As i keep always my wifi on and never manage it from my apps that need<br>
>> to be connected, and i don't have any battery performance problem.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
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><br>
<br>
>however I think it would be beneficial to allow the wifi to disconnect with the Lock slider switch.<br>
</div></div>This should be an option in wifi parameters, as i like that wifi stay<br>
connected when i lock it. :)<br>
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</font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Benoît HERVIER - <a href="http://khertan.net/" target="_blank">http://khertan.net/</a><br>
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