From 49839b2e819bf557e9e10adfd9dd6eecef8d8bcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kriss <kriss@46df4e5c-bc4e-4628-a0fc-830ba316316d>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:14:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] BUGFIX: Allow for stratup without root access (to WiFi
 interface)

git-svn-id: http://www.neo1973-germany.de/svn@85 46df4e5c-bc4e-4628-a0fc-830ba316316d
---
 SettingsGUI/trunk/src/settingsgui/MofiPanel.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/SettingsGUI/trunk/src/settingsgui/MofiPanel.py b/SettingsGUI/trunk/src/settingsgui/MofiPanel.py
index 76d4cf9..930f467 100644
--- a/SettingsGUI/trunk/src/settingsgui/MofiPanel.py
+++ b/SettingsGUI/trunk/src/settingsgui/MofiPanel.py
@@ -53,7 +53,12 @@ class MofiPanel(gtk.VBox):
             wifi = Wireless(ifname)
             essid = wifi.getEssid()
             
-            wifi.scan()
+            try:
+                wifi.scan()
+            except(RuntimeError):
+                print "could not scan for WiFi networks, may need root permission"
+                return []
+
             for results in wifi.scan():
                 
                 enc_type = "unknown"