[Bug 544871] New: Network Settings, ifup method: give easy method to configure mobile (or modem in general) internet
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544871 Summary: Network Settings, ifup method: give easy method to configure mobile (or modem in general) internet Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Factory Platform: All OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: david.maillists@gmail.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090909 SUSE/3.5.3-1.3 Firefox/3.5.3 In Yast, Network Settings, you are given the option of choosing the traditional ifup method if NetworkManager gives problems. As far as I now, you can configure a cable or a wifi connection with this method. I miss the feature of being able to easily configure a mobile internet connection, which is more and more used. Also, and more general, a modem connection, which is not so different from the mobile internet connection, is it?. Gnome control centre (in the "vanilla" installation) has already that feature if I remember correctly. Thank you Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544871 User meissner@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544871#c1 Marcus Meissner <meissner@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |david.maillists@gmail.com --- Comment #1 from Marcus Meissner <meissner@novell.com> 2009-10-09 03:54:20 MDT --- there is a yast2 modem module I think. check it out? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544871 User david.maillists@gmail.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544871#c2 David Garcia <david.maillists@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|david.maillists@gmail.com | --- Comment #2 from David Garcia <david.maillists@gmail.com> 2009-10-09 09:47:55 MDT --- True, but unless I am wrong, to use the Yast modem module (the same would apply to kppp or kinternet) you have to be very knowledgeable, as much as to be able to write your own wvdial.conf and run wvdial instead of those GUIs. Am I wrong? What I have in mind is an easy-to-use mobile internet module in Yast, user friendly as for example NetworkManager (to use in Yast in case NetworkManager gives problems). -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544871 zhu rensheng <rszhu@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |rszhu@novell.com AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |mzugec@novell.com |ovo.novell.com | -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544871 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544871#c4 Michal Zugec <mzugec@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |david.maillists@gmail.com --- Comment #4 from Michal Zugec <mzugec@novell.com> 2009-11-30 12:52:17 UTC --- Is there something missing in yast2 modem? What exactly should be configured? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544871 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544871#c5 David Garcia <david.maillists@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|david.maillists@gmail.com | --- Comment #5 from David Garcia <david.maillists@gmail.com> 2009-12-01 20:39:58 UTC --- Well, maybe I am wrong, but I think the problem is that *there is too much to be configured* by the user, so wvdial would look easy compared to yast (or to kppp). Network Manager (and I think gnome-ppp as well) try to spare to the user as much configuration as possible, so they are suitable for non-experts, whereas yast (and kppp) are not. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544871 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544871#c6 Michal Zugec <mzugec@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FEATURE --- Comment #6 from Michal Zugec <mzugec@novell.com> 2009-12-02 09:45:08 UTC --- I added this in our Feature Requests Tool as FaTE#308448. Anyway if you want to implement yourself (or anybody else) I will help with that. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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