Confirmed.
gnome-ppp/feisty uptodate 0.3.23-1
linux-image-generic/feisty uptodate 2.6.20.5.1
udev/feisty uptodate 103-0ubuntu5
/dev/ttyUSB* are not offered as options during gnome-ppp. USB serial devices
recognised by usbserial and friends will, by default, be created under
/dev/ttyUSB*.
Since gnome-ppp does not allow the user to specify another device...
this renders the package unusable by the casual user. Although wireless
USB modems are not yet extremely common, we can already see a lot of
hits on the web on this. I would, then set this as a medium-to-high
priority.
Some options:
1. make it possible for the user to specify a different device (instead of a
fixed drop-down list);
2. update /etc/udev/rules.d so that the necessary soft links are created
I would rather go with (1) above.
I found this while looking at another issue relating to my wireless
PCMCIA card and PPP, and while I was trying to gather more data on the
issue.
It is also interesting to note that this bug has been
unconfirmed/unassigned for almost 6 months.
** Changed in: gnome-ppp (Ubuntu)
Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed
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using /dev/ttyUSB0 in gnome-ppp
https://launchpad.net/bugs/59386
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