Bug 198463

Summary:	networkmanager-0.6.5_p20070823 and nm-applet-0.6.5 don't offer ppp connection options
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	James Ward <james>
Component:	[OLD] GNOME	Assignee:	Robert Piasek (RETIRED) <dagger>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	pacho, steev, steve
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description James Ward 2007-11-08 16:30:47 UTC

nm-applet should have a menu that allows me to setup a ppp connection.  For some reason that menu doesn't show up.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install the latest nm-applet & networkmanager
2. Click on the nm-applet icon
Actual Results:  
There is no dialup configuration / connection menu.

Expected Results:  
I should be able to setup a dialup connection and connect to that dialup network.

Comment 1 Daniel Gryniewicz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-11-08 16:42:03 UTC

Not gnome.

Comment 2 Steev Klimaszewski (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-11-08 17:00:07 UTC

The Gentoo backend does not support ppp connections, patches welcome.

Comment 3 Steven Newbury 2008-06-25 14:22:58 UTC

(In reply to comment #2)
> The Gentoo backend does not support ppp connections, patches welcome.
> 

Is it acceptable to call /etc/net.ppp* from the nm-backend to take the ppp interface up and down?  Or would it be better to parse the connection information in /etc/conf.d/net and start up pppd directly?

Comment 4 Steven Newbury 2008-06-25 14:24:18 UTC

(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > The Gentoo backend does not support ppp connections, patches welcome.
> > 
> 
> Is it acceptable to call /etc/net.ppp* from the nm-backend to take the ppp
> interface up and down?  Or would it be better to parse the connection
> information in /etc/conf.d/net and start up pppd directly?
> 
Obviously, I meant /etc/init.d/net.ppp*

Comment 5 Steev Klimaszewski (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-06-30 23:50:50 UTC

The way 0.6.5 and 0.6.6 do it, I would say "maybe" - the proper way is the way that 0.7 is doing it.  Unfortunately, I have just had almost no free time to do anything Gentoo, or FOSS in general related recently - Thank you for the email Steve to remind me about this bug.  I am glad you are willing to work on this (unfortunately, I don't have any type of dialup access available to me anymore)

Comment 6 Robert Piasek (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-04-27 08:55:48 UTC

Is this bug still relevant? 0.7.x is in the tree now and support ppp connections.

Comment 7 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2009-07-28 17:54:00 UTC

Seems that this could be closed :-/

Comment 8 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2010-02-22 19:12:41 UTC

(In reply to comment #7)
> Seems that this could be closed :-/
> 

Closing then