On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Dan Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2017-06-22 at 15:11 -0700, Tim Harvey wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Dan Williams <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > On Thu, 2017-06-22 at 23:29 +0200, Aleksander Morgado wrote: >> > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 10:11 PM, Tim Harvey <[email protected] >> > > om> >> > > wrote: >> > > > > > Also, I'm unclear how to NetworkManager on the QMI devices: >> > > > > > root@ventana:~# nmcli connection add type gsm ifname cdc- >> > > > > > wdm1 >> > > > > > con-name >> > > > > > mc7455 apn h2g2 >> > > > > > Connection 'mc7455' (5dc4516e-e857-4917-9542-0dee211b692a) >> > > > > > successfully added. >> > > > > > root@ventana:~# nmcli connection up id mc7455 >> > > > > > Error: Connection activation failed: No suitable device >> > > > > > found >> > > > > > for this >> > > > > > connection. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > What is the appropriate interface to use for QMI devices >> > > > > > (wwan1 >> > > > > > gives >> > > > > > the same error)? This is supposed to be the 'control >> > > > > > interface' >> > > > > > not >> > > > > > the 'network interface' correct? >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > Retry without the "ifname cdc-wdm1" part; just add a gsm >> > > > > connection >> > > > > type with the APN settings, without binding to an explicit >> > > > > modem, >> > > > > and >> > > > > try to get that connected. >> > > > >> > > > I tried that originally but it requires ifname: >> > > > >> > > > root@ventana:~# nmcli connection add type gsm con-name mc7455 >> > > > apn >> > > > h2g2 >> > > > Error: mandatory 'ifname' not seen before 'apn'. >> > > >> > > Dan, Thomas? I keep forgetting about this... How do you create a >> > > connection not bound to any device? And, how do yo create a >> > > connection >> > > bound to a given device/sim? >> > >> > I filed a bug on that: >> > >> > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=780323 >> > >> > Dan >> >> Dan, it looks like network manager ignores the 'interface-name' param >> in the connection configs as I have an MC7354 here that I was able to >> use fine with NetworkManager by giving it 'ifname cdc-wdm0' (which is >> wrong) >> >> On the MC7354: >> root@ventana:~# nmcli connection down id 'Wired connection 1' >> Connection 'Wired connection 1' successfully deactivated (D-Bus >> active >> path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/1) >> root@ventana:~# nmcli connection add type gsm ifname cdc-wdm0 con- >> name >> mc7354 apn m2m.com.attz >> Connection 'mc7354' (6d89ff6e-6eb6-4f0f-80d1-fb081165f710) >> successfully added. >> # show status >> root@ventana:~# nmcli connection show >> NAME UUID TYPE >> DEVICE >> Wired connection 1 ea640ea4-3049-39e4-9cdf-a5e53971ced8 802-3- >> ethernet -- >> mc7354 6d89ff6e-6eb6-4f0f-80d1- >> fb081165f710 gsm -- >> # connect >> root@ventana:~# nmcli connection up id mc7354 >> [ 305.557465] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wwan0: link is not ready >> Error: Connection activation failed: Active connection could not be >> attached to the device >> ^^^^^ not sure what this is from - the connection is made and traffic >> works >> [ 305.688145] systemd-journald[162]: Successfully sent stream file >> descriptor to service manager. >> [ 305.774230] systemd-journald[162]: Successfully sent stream file >> descriptor to service manager. >> root@ventana:~# ping www.google.com >> ^^^^^ works >> >> I'm still not clear why using network-manager fails on the MC7455 >> which I can get working with libqmi directly and with modemmanager >> directly: >> >> On the MC7455: >> root@ventana:~# nmcli connection down 'Wired connection 1' >> Connection 'Wired connection 1' successfully deactivated (D-Bus >> active >> path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/1) >> [ 44.722377] systemd-journald[168]: Successfully sent stream file >> descriptor to service manager. >> root@ventana:~# nmcli connection add type gsm ifname cdc-wdm0 con- >> name >> mc7455 apn h2g2 >> Connection 'mc7455' (426c0811-1f1e-439b-b497-b839502c6a4f) >> successfully added. >> root@ventana:~# nmcli connection up id mc7455 >> Error: Connection activation failed: No suitable device found for >> this >> connection. >> ^^^^ No IP config on wwan0 > > Yeah, because "no suitable device found". Can you 'nmcli g log level > trace' and reproduce the issue, then we can take a look at the NM logs. > Depending on your platform, that could be "journalctl -b -u > NetworkManager" or they could be files somewhere in /var/log like > /var/log/daemon.log, /var/log/NetworkManager.log, or /var/log/messages. > > Dan
Dan, I removed /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/* and then the MC7455 via NetworkManager worked fine. I guess there was some config there left from my previous testing that was getting in my way. Thanks for the help! Tim _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
