Hi all, I did more digging on the issue... The things are like this... I am on opensuse-factory + KUSC which has 4.7rc2 start the computer connect the usb dongle I get the green light then I do nm-tool... no trace of the usb (no ttyUSBx device listes)... I do a rcnetwork restart, (I do not pray, as I am a critical thinker) and magic happens... now nm-tool reports a device.... - Device: ttyUSB0 -------------------------------------------------------------- Type: Mobile Broadband (GSM) Driver: option1 State: disconnected Default: no Capabilities: now I can use nm-applet to connect to it... or I can use the plasmoid to see it, as it does not connect... here are the exact versions of the things involved [root@abbaton:/home/alin]: zypper se -is networ Retrieving repository 'localRPMs' metadata [done] Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository --+-------------------------------+---------+------------------------+--------+---------------------------------------------------- i | NetworkManager | package | 0.8.9997-109.1 | x86_64 | KDE SC 4.7 development snapshots (openSUSE_Factory) i | NetworkManager-glib | package | 0.8.9997-109.1 | x86_64 | KDE SC 4.7 development snapshots (openSUSE_Factory) i | NetworkManager-kde4-libs | package | 0.9.1git20110710-169.1 | x86_64 | KDE SC 4.7 development snapshots (openSUSE_Factory) i | NetworkManager-kde4-libs-lang | package | 0.9.1git20110710-169.1 | noarch | KDE SC 4.7 development snapshots (openSUSE_Factory) i | NetworkManager-openvpn | package | 0.8.999-1.2 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Factory-Oss i | NetworkManager-openvpn-kde4 | package | 0.9.1git20110710-169.1 | x86_64 | KDE SC 4.7 development snapshots (openSUSE_Factory) i | NetworkManager-openvpn-lang | package | 0.8.999-1.2 | noarch | openSUSE-Factory-Oss i | NetworkManager-pptp | package | 0.8.999-1.2 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Factory-Oss i | NetworkManager-pptp-kde4 | package | 0.9.1git20110710-169.1 | x86_64 | KDE SC 4.7 development snapshots (openSUSE_Factory) i | NetworkManager-pptp-lang | package | 0.8.999-1.2 | noarch | openSUSE-Factory-Oss i | cnetworkmanager | package | 0.21.1-11.2 | noarch | openSUSE-Factory-Oss i | glib-networking | package | 2.28.7-1.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Factory-Oss i | kdenetwork4-filesharing | package | 4.6.95-1.1 | x86_64 | KDE SC 4.7 development snapshots (openSUSE_Factory) i | libproxy1-networkmanager | package | 0.4.7-2.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Factory-Oss i | plasmoid-networkmanagement | package | 0.9.1git20110710-169.1 | x86_64 | KDE SC 4.7 development snapshots (openSUSE_Factory) i | yast2-network | package | 2.20.10-7.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Factory-Oss [root@abbaton:/home/alin]: zypper se -is modemma Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository --+------------------------+---------+-------------+--------+----------------------- i | ModemManager | package | 0.4.996-1.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE- Factory-Oss Alin -- Without Questions there are no Answers! _____________________________________________________________________ Alin Marin ELENA Advanced Molecular Simulation Research Laboratory School of Physics, University College Dublin ---- Ardionsamblú Móilíneach Saotharlann Taighde Scoil na Fisice, An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://alin.elenaworld.net ______________________________________________________________________