https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=442813
User martin.konopka@stuba.sk added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=442813#c3
--- Comment #3 from Martin Konopka 2008-11-10 05:50:10 MST ---
After adding my other user to uucp group it works.
I wish if only this step was not needed to do manually since many users do not
know such technical details.
After initial startup umtsmon opens a window and asks if it may fix some
problems (requiring root password). I suggest to include also this uucp issue
to the list of problems fixed during the initial startup.
It seems that for my first user it worked (the user was included automatically
during the fix operation). My second user was not correctly treated however but
I do not remember all steps I have done and I was pretty much confused.
There are several different ways how the second user proceeds to connect:
1.) the 1st user logs out, then the 2nd user logs in and launches umtsmon
2.) the 1st user logs out, the data card is plugged out, then the 2nd user logs
in, plugs in the card (or a different card) and launches umtsmon.
3.) other possibilities, including reboot stage
I believe that it is not easy to treat correctly all these possibilities.
A finding related to usb_modeswitch: The file
/etc/usb_modeswitch.conf
which is in root's ownership has any access for standard users forbidden. In my
opinion this is not necessary and it likely prevents them to launch
usb_modeswitch under user's ID.
The same settings are applied also to file
/etc/smppd.conf
although in this case I do not know if it has something to do with umtsmon.
About Network Manager: I would be happy if I could configure my data card to
work with NM but it seems to me 100 times more difficult than to use umtsmon.
(I was not able to do it.)
Also, I have very basic problems with NM when I must sometime connect via
cable. The yast network setup complaints that my settings (static IP, gateway)
can not work with network manager.
Sometime I get a message "use kinternet instead". I am currently confused, not
knowing what program should be used for networking.
Thank for your work.
Martin Konopka.
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