Yup, I believe I am experiencing the same bug on Natty, again with Huawei. The thing is - under Lucid, when you connect the Huawei USB modem for the first time, you get asked for a PIN. Then you can make a new connection with your provider and connect - and default settings for that connection will be saved under Gnome's NetworkManager. Then, if you disconnect and unplug/plug USB, you will be asked for a PIN again; however, at that point, you could go to NetworkManagers' "Edit Connections", you could have clicked on "Mobile Broadband" tab, you could have found your connection, clicked on Edit, and entered the PIN manually there. After next reboot, when you connect the USB dongle - *and* when you select your Mobile Broadband connection in NetworkManager (once the dongle has been recognized), you could have connected without being asked for a PIN; at least, that's how it is under Lucid.
Under Natty, even if I go through this entire procedure - *and* manually enter the PIN under the respective "Edit Connections..." - I *still* get asked for a PIN every time the dongle is *attached via USB*; even before I click on the connection in order to start connecting! (Note that under Lucid, the first time one is asked for a PIN, is the first time one tries to connect - in Natty, it asks for a PIN upon USB attaching, instead). And under Natty, the window message is "SIM PIN Unlock requred" : "The mobile broadband device 'HUAWEI Technology HUAWEI Mobile' requires a SIM PIN code before it can be used." Its possible this is not a bug with NetworkManager - but a bug with something that kicks in before it (since the prompt doesn't seem to consult the PIN saved with the Network Connection at all - although, the PIN prompt seems to appear at the message: "NetworkManager[499] <info> (ttyUSB0): device state change: 2->3 (reason 0)"; and I can see before that "new GSM device (driver: 'option1' ifindex:-1)". So maybe it's a bug with 'option1' instead? Or maybe not even a bug - but it is a change of policy of some kind - maybe this is how it is supposed to work from now on? In any case, it would be nice to know... Cheers! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/675039 Title: NetworkManager asks pin code numerous times on Huawei E1550 before letting me on the Internet -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
