Ubuntu
network-manager package

NetworkManager should also honor wvdial dialup connections

Bug #216419 reported by Konrad Podloucky
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
network-manager (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Wishlist
Unassigned
Nominated for Lucid by Devarshi Mishra

Bug Description

Binary package hint: network-manager

Ubuntu 7.10
network-manager 0.6.5-0ubuntu16.7.10.0

NetworkManager already lets you use connections defined with the "ppp" method in /etc/network/interfaces.
It would be nice if "wvdial" connections could also be controlled by NetworkManager.

Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)
Changed in network-manager:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Devarshi Mishra (devarshimishra) wrote :

this bug is not a duplicate of # 191889 which is specific to firefox.
A solution to this "wish" will resolve millions of issues related to 3G modems not working in network manager but working in wvdial.

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rksomayaji (rksomayaji) wrote :

This is not a duplicate of the firefox bug. #191889

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Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote :

Indeed, it's not a duplicate of the offline-mode firefox bug, but it's also not an issue we can really fix in NetworkManager. If you setup a connection with another application, then it won't be managed by NM. Modems not supported should have bugs filed for them individually to add support (especially since the issue can be at various levels in the stack, not necessarily in NetworkManager).

Closing as Won't Fix. Please open separate bugs for specific modems that are not supported directly by NetworkManager.

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Won't Fix
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