akhiezer wrote:
From [email protected] Tue Dec 13 10:45:39 2016
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 10:45:26 +0000
From: [email protected] (akhiezer)
To: BLFS Development List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [blfs-dev] drop modemmanager?
From: "Douglas R. Reno" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 20:39:58 -0600
Subject: Re: [blfs-dev] drop modemmanager?
On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 8:36 PM, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote:
Looking at http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/ticket/8569, I am
wondering if we should drop modemmanager from BLFS. I have no idea how it
should be used and I don't think any devs know how to test it.
I looked at a couple of references on line and it apparently can be used
for sending or receiving cell phone text messages.
In any case, if we keep in in the sysV book, we appear to need a boot
script.
Does anyone have more insight into this package?
Go ahead and drop it from sysv.
It is *required* for GNOME on systemd. I also have some experience with
this package as it is required for tethering a cell phone on the CDMA
network to a computer for data purposes. I do it all the time when I'm in a
remote area.
The simple answer is: It's not usable on sysv. It requires systemd to spawn
the D-Bus service. That is one drawback to sysv IMO, I can't use my PC in a
remote area without being able to spawn that service. Again, why I use
systemd.
( - sounds like propaganda/fud/bllcks/'a-little-knowledge-...' .)
We were acknowledging ignorance, not in building MM, but in
configuring/testing.
Slackware uses modemmanager no-probs:
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http://slackware.uk/slackware/slackware64-current/source/n/ModemManager/
[TAR] ModemManager-1.4.14.tar.xz 16-Mar-2016 12:01 1.4M
[SPT] ModemManager.SlackBuild 20-Dec-2015 06:04 3.1K
[CMP] WeDoNotHaveSystemD.patch.gz 22-Sep-2013 22:10 444
[TXT] slack-desc 31-Mar-2016 21:46 832
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http://slackware.uk/slackware/slackware64-current/source/n/NetworkManager/
[ ] 55NetworkManager 22-Mar-2016 18:59 938
[TAR] NetworkManager-1.2.2.tar.xz 11-May-2016 13:03 3.6M
[SPT] NetworkManager.SlackBuild 13-Jun-2016 04:25 5.8K
[TXT] NetworkManager.conf 22-Apr-2016 04:58 139
[DIR] conf.d/ 25-Mar-2016 04:54 -
[SPT] doinst.sh 25-Mar-2016 04:35 1.2K
[TXT] rc.networkmanager 25-Mar-2016 22:57 2.6K
[TXT] slack-desc 08-Oct-2013 05:28 1.0K
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This is useful/helpful.
(NB though that 'apparently' b/lfs dev(s) opine(s) that it must be
unusable on Slackware.)
Why the personal slights? I would be much more appreciative of the help
without them.
I have heard the saying before: All of us are a lot more knowledgeable
than any one of us.
-- Bruce
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