On Sat, 2011-08-06 at 19:08 +0200, Bin Li wrote: > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Dan Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2011-07-31 at 09:34 +0200, craig wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> Under Debian Etch with Gnome, NetworkManager listed my 56Kb dialup modem > >> and was > >> able to connect and disconnect to/from the Internet using that modem. > > > > I'd assume that was NM 0.6.x? Dialup support was pretty hacked in and > > was removed a few years ago with NetworkManager 0.7.x. We're looking at > > adding it back into ModemManager though, which is what NM 0.7+ uses for > > controlling modems and 3G sticks. > Now in SUSE already have this patch for this function, it's based on > 0.7.x, if needed I'd like to backport the patch for it, and which > branch would be better to add this funcion?
NETWORKMANAGER_0_6_0_RELEASE is the 0.6.x branch, but it's pretty much dead. I'm not updating it anymore since I hope nobody is using 0.6.x anymore :) Dan > >> Now, under Debian Squeeze with Gnome, NetworkManager does not seem to know > >> about > >> my dialup modem at all, and I don't see any way to enter/edit that sort of > >> connection using NM's connection editor. > > > > Right, because they aren't seen by ModemManager and not supported at > > this time :( > > > > Dan > > > >> I have scoured for documentation and advice and found nothing about > >> NetworkMAnager and dialup modems. > >> > >> Can anyone suggest the best way to be connect/disconnect to/from the > >> Internet > >> from within Gnome? > >> > >> Thanks in advance. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> networkmanager-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > networkmanager-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
