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a3nm · 05-30-2013, 05:51 PM

Lucas Malor: Tweaks is calling

Code:

WirelessWorkflowManager::openBrowser(QUrl())

defined in the shared library libnickel.so (where QUrl() is a function from QT). Using gdb taught me that the this invokes the function with mangled name _ZN18ExtrasPluginLoader11loadBrowserEv. From this, tracing through the assembly reveals that this invokes the function _ZN23WirelessWorkflowManager15connectWirelessEb, whether a connection exists or not. From a bit of stepping, it doesn't seem like there is a clear straightforward condition that is being checked and that could be disabled by editing the binary -- though I'm not an expert in this and probably am not using the right tools to locate the relevant test. (Relevant SO question I just asked: http://stackoverflow.com/q/16845187/414272)

There has to be some way to get this to work, though... it's so annoying to have this offline Wikipedia working except for this stupid check in nickel that prevents you from running the browser offline...

05-30-2013, 05:51 PM	#15
a3nm Member Posts: 11 Karma: 204 Join Date: May 2013 Device: Kobo Glo	Lucas Malor: Tweaks is calling Code: WirelessWorkflowManager::openBrowser(QUrl()) defined in the shared library libnickel.so (where QUrl() is a function from QT). Using gdb taught me that the this invokes the function with mangled name _ZN18ExtrasPluginLoader11loadBrowserEv. From this, tracing through the assembly reveals that this invokes the function _ZN23WirelessWorkflowManager15connectWirelessEb, whether a connection exists or not. From a bit of stepping, it doesn't seem like there is a clear straightforward condition that is being checked and that could be disabled by editing the binary -- though I'm not an expert in this and probably am not using the right tools to locate the relevant test. (Relevant SO question I just asked: http://stackoverflow.com/q/16845187/414272) There has to be some way to get this to work, though... it's so annoying to have this offline Wikipedia working except for this stupid check in nickel that prevents you from running the browser offline... Last edited by a3nm; 05-30-2013 at 05:54 PM.